1. defense

noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies.

Rhymes with Civil Defense

• misrepresents
• nondefense
• commonsense
• suspense
• pretense
• expense
• dispense
• condense
• intense
• incense
• defence
• commence
• whence
• spens
• spence
• offense
• immense
• ferenc
• thence
• tense
• sense
• pense
• pence
• hense
• hence
• fence
• dense
• cents
• bence

2. defense

noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] protection from harm.

3. defense

noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring.

4. defense

noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] the justification for some act or belief.

5. defense

noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires.

6. Defense

noun. the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947.

7. defense

noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] the defendant and his legal advisors collectively.

8. defense

noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions.

9. civil

adjective. ['ˈsɪvəl'] applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military.

10. civil

adjective. ['ˈsɪvəl'] not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others.

Sentences with civil-defense

1. Noun Phrase
Home and portable scanners are used by various individuals, including volunteers working for civil defense agencies to journalists who cover the police beat for the local newspaper.