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Noun
S: (n) defense, defence, defensive measure ((military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies) "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program"
S: (n) defense, defence (protection from harm) "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
S: (n) defense, defence, defending team ((sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring) "his teams are always good on defense"
S: (n) defense, defence, vindication (the justification for some act or belief) "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
S: (n) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA (the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11)
S: (n) Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK (a defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness)
S: (n) United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy (the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces)
S: (n) Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA (an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition)
S: (n) Defense Logistics Agency (a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions)
S: (n) National Reconnaissance Office, NRO (an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations)
S: (n) National Security Agency, NSA (the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information)
S: (n) Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA (a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
S: (n) Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC (an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care)
S: (n) refutation, defense, defence (the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions) "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it"
S: (n) defense, defence, defense force, defence force (an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack) "he joined the defense against invasion"
S: (n) defense, defence, denial, demurrer (a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him) "he gave evidence for the defense"
S: (n) defense, defence (the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury) "a good boxer needs a good defense"; "defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem"