defense
Definitions
Noun
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- Protection from harm
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- The justification for some act or belief
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the united states; created in 1947
- The defendant and his legal advisors collectively
- The speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- A structure used to defend against attack
- A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
- The act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
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Sounds Like
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Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "defense".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defense | 2 | 167 |
| 2 | defenses | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | defenseless | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | self-defense | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | defense's | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | non-defense | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | nondefense | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "defense".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "defense".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defended | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | defensive | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | defenses | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | dense | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | defends | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | defensible | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | defender | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | defenseless | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | defence | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | devens | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | defense's | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | defee | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | deese | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | nondefense | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | defreese | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | non-defense | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | defensively | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | fenske | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | dreese | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | denyse | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "defense" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defense of | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | defense authorization | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | defense forces | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | defense against | 2 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "defense" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "defense" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | national | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | former | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | department | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | successful | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | torpedo | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | israeli | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | systems | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | nation | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | enthusiastic | 5 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "defense".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defense's | 3 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 12
Fragments: 7
Sound Alikes: 7
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 4
Words that Precede: 4
Statistically Associated: 9
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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