1. defense
noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies.
Synonyms
- chemical defense
- BW defense
- biological defense
- deliberate defence
- air defense
- hasty defence
- biodefense
- defence
- biological warfare defense
- biodefence
- chemical defence
- deliberate defense
- stand
- umbrella
- hasty defense
- defensive measure
- BW defence
- biological warfare defence
- biological defence
- military action
- mining
- minelaying
Antonyms
- inactiveness
- inaction
- forbid
- disallow
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Words that Rhyme with Civil Defense
- misrepresents
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- commonsense
- suspense
- pretense
- expense
- dispense
- condense
- intense
- incense
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- 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.
Synonyms
- defence
Antonyms
- stabilization
- dormant
3. defense
noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring.
Synonyms
- defence
- team
- defending team
Antonyms
- offense
- fast
- movableness
- looseness
4. defense
noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] the justification for some act or belief.
Synonyms
- apologia
- apology
- self-justification
- exculpation
- justification
- alibi
- defence
- excuse
Antonyms
- normality
- affirmative
- evolution
- increment
5. defense
noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires.
Synonyms
- rationalization
- regression
- rationalisation
- unconscious process
- compensation
- repression
- denial
- process
- defence
- intellectualization
- projection
- conversion
- defense mechanism
- defense reaction
- psychoanalytic process
- idealization
- idealisation
- intellectualisation
- defence mechanism
- reaction formation
- defence reaction
- isolation
Antonyms
- disassembly
- misconstruction
- blame
- flora
6. Defense
noun. the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947.
Synonyms
- Casualty Care Research Center
- NGA
- National Security Agency
- USN
- CCRC
- Department of Defense Laboratory System
- NSA
- DTIC
- United States Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency
- DoD
- DARPA
- DISA
- US Army
- Department of Defense
- DIA
- United States Army
- Defense Information Systems Agency
- National Reconnaissance Office
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- United States Navy
- US Air Force
- U. S. Air Force
- Army
- executive department
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- United States Air Force
- BMDO
- Defense Intelligence Agency
- Air Force
- NRO
- USAF
- US Navy
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Defense Technical Information Center
- Defense Department
- Navy
- USA
- U. S. Army
7. defense
noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] the defendant and his legal advisors collectively.
Synonyms
- accumulation
- defense team
- assemblage
- defence
- defense lawyers
- collection
Antonyms
- engagement
- participation
- natural object
- slow
8. defense
noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions.
Synonyms
- confutation
- defence
- rebuttal
- refutation
Antonyms
- irreversible process
- reversible process
- decrease
- increase
9. civil
adjective. ['ˈsɪvəl'] applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military.
Antonyms
- unrefined
Etymology
- civilis (Latin)
- -ilis (Latin)
10. civil
adjective. ['ˈsɪvəl'] not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others.
Synonyms
- polite
Antonyms
- uncivil
- impoliteness
Etymology
- civilis (Latin)
- -ilis (Latin)
Example sentences of the word 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.