(n): a military engagement
(n): protection from harm
(n): the activity of protecting someone or something
(n): (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
(n): a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
(n): the justification for some act or belief
(n): a statement in explanation of some action or belief
(n): (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
(n): a process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory
(n): a mental process that you are not directly aware of
(n): the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
(n): a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
(n): the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
(n): several things grouped together or considered as a whole
(n): the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
(n): the speech act of replying to a question
(n): an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
(n): a group of people who work together
(n): a structure used to defend against attack
(n): a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
(n): a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
(n): (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards
(n): the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
(n): the activity of protecting someone or something
Doesn't work with Australian pronounciation, at least not for me. Only de-FENCE.
A "bi-sonic". DEE fence (exhortation); dee FENCE (act/strategy of prevention/protection).
In chess, typically used to describe an opening for Black.