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Defences
- noun - (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"
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense"
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
- a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses"
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion"
- protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
- 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"
Defenses
- noun - (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"
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense"
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
- a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses"
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion"
- protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
- 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"
Deficits
- noun - (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
- a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"
- an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
- the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
Defilers
- noun - a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
Deflates
- verb - become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"
- collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon"
- produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"
- reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency"
- reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
- release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress"
Deflects
- verb - draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
- to turn or cause to turn aside from a course; swerve
- turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
Defluous
- - Flowing down; falling off.
Defrauds
- verb - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
- swindle
Defrocks
- verb - divest of the frock; of church officials
Defrosts
- verb - make or become free of frost or ice; "Defrost the car window"