Defense vs. Attack
Defensenoun
The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
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Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
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A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
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The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
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An argument in support or justification of something.
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Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
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(obsolete) A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Defensenoun
The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger.
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That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection.
Defensenoun
Protecting plea; vindication; justification.
Defensenoun
The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.
Defensenoun
Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc.
Defensenoun
Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Defenseverb
To furnish with defenses; to fortify.
Defensenoun
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;
Defensenoun
military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;
Defensenoun
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;
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protection from harm;
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a structure used for defense;
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the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;
Defensenoun
the justification for some act or belief;
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a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;
Defensenoun
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;
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the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the UnitedStates; created in 1947
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(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Attacknoun
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
Attacknoun
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
Attacknoun
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
Attacknoun
The beginning of active operations on anything.
Attacknoun
(computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
Attacknoun
(cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
Attacknoun
(volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
Attacknoun
(lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
Attacknoun
(medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
Attacknoun
An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
Attacknoun
(music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
Attacknoun
(audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
Attackverb
(transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
Attackverb
(transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
Attackverb
(transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
Attackverb
(transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
Attackverb
To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
Attackverb
To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
Attackverb
To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
Attackverb
(soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
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(cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
Attackverb
To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.
Attackverb
To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
Attackverb
To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation.
Attackverb
To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
Attackverb
To make an onset or attack.
Attacknoun
The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; - opposed to defense.
Attacknoun
An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.
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A setting to work upon some task, etc.
Attacknoun
An access of disease; a fit of sickness.
Attacknoun
The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.
Attacknoun
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons);
Attacknoun
a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition;
Attacknoun
intense adverse criticism;
Attacknoun
the act of attacking;
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an offensive move in a sport or game;
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the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent);
Attacknoun
ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation;
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a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
Attacknoun
strong criticism;
Attackverb
launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with;
Attackverb
attack in speech or writing;
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take the initiative and go on the offensive;
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attack someone physically or emotionally;
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set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task;
Attackverb
begin to injure;
