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adv. 1 to defend oneself, defensively 2 to back up what has just been said
Usage examples of "in defense".
The warp-capable missile pods were expensive, both to build and in terms of freighter lift, but enough of them could gut any close-in defense .
The warp-capable missile pods were expensive, both to build and in terms of freighter lift, but enough of them could gut any close-in defense.
By the time any berserker was near enough to strike, the machines of close-in defense were ready, the whole planetoid already shivering with the long-stored energies now being mobilized.
That no man should scruple or hesitate a moment in defense of so valuable a blessing is clearly my opinion.
Patrick, which had fought in defense of the Papal States against Garibaldi.
And her finger went once more over the designs, and she was humming again but not the lazy half-sleepy sound which she had uttered in defense against the jungle belt.
Even a moral coward may be willing to die in defense of the weak and helpless.