DEFENSE

Defense

In many team sports, defense or defence is the action of preventing an opponent from scoring. The term may also refer to the tactics involved in defense, or a sub-team whose primary responsibility is defense. Similarly, a defense player or defender is a player who is generally charged with preventing the other team's forwards from being able to bear down directly on their own team's goalkeeper. Such intention exist in association football, ice hockey, water polo and many other sports.

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defense

Noun



    

  1. The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
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  2. Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
      

    1. A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
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    2. The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
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  3. An argument in support or justification of something.
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  4. Government policy or structure related to the military.
    

    Department of Defense
    

    

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