Related Words for defence

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WordSyllablesCategories
vindication
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Noun, Noun
refutation
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Noun, Noun
demurrer
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Noun, Noun
denial
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Noun, Noun
defense
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Noun, Noun
defense mechanism
x//xxx
Phrase, Noun
prosecution
xx/x
Noun, Noun
offense
x/
Noun, Noun
defenders
x/x
Noun
defensive
x/x
Adjective
defending
x/x
Verb
offence
x/
Noun
rearguard
/x
Noun
attack
x/
Noun
midfield
/x
Noun
aerospace
/xx
Noun
opposition
xx/x
Noun
protection
x/x
Noun
armoury
/xx
Noun
naval
/x
Name
military
/xxx
Noun
assault
x/
Noun
impregnable
x/xx
Adjective
organisation
xxx/x
Noun
security
x/xx
Noun
armament
/xx
Noun
government
/xx
Noun
fortress
/x
Noun
parliamentary
xx/xx
Noun
frontline
/x
Noun
armour
/x
Noun
bulwark
/x
Noun
guard
/
Noun
undefended
xx/x
Adjective
arming
/x
Noun
defense in depth
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
parry
/x
Noun
civil defense
/xx/
Name, Name
stand
/
Noun
rearguard action
///x
Phrase, Noun
offensive
x/x
Noun
investment
x/x
Noun
duty to retreat
/x/x/
Phrase, Noun
defendant
x/x
Noun
deterrence
x/x
Noun
combat
/x
Noun
appeal
x/
Noun
plea
/
Noun
warfare
/x
Noun
apology
x/xx
Noun
fighting
/x
Noun
armed forces
//x
Name, Name
suing
/x
Verb
rebuttal
x/x
Noun
championship
/xxx
Noun
retreat
x/
Noun
excuse
x/
Noun
day in court
/x/
Phrase, Noun
menace
/x
Noun
retrenchment
x/x
Noun
acquittal
x/x
Noun
battle
/x
Noun
threat
/
Noun
insult
x/
Noun
aggression
x/x
Noun
reserve
x/
Noun
retaliation
xxx/x
Noun
weapon
/x
Noun
antiterrorism
xxxxxx
Noun
robbery
/xx
Noun
disarmament
x/xx
Noun
cause of action
///x
Phrase, Noun
protestation
xx/x
Noun
hostage
/x
Noun
dueling
/x
Noun
objection
x/x
Noun
injury
/xx
Noun
capture
/x
Noun
counter
/x
Noun
fencing
/x
Noun
picket
/x
Noun
siege
/
Noun
vengeance
/x
Noun
fair comment
//x
Phrase, Noun
revenge
x/
Noun
battery
/xx
Noun
combatant
x/x
Noun
litigation
xx/x
Noun
barrage
x/
Noun
warring
/x
Noun
ambush
/x
Noun
peacekeeping
/xx
Noun
pleading
/x
Noun
accusation
xx/x
Noun
insistence
x/x
Noun
call to arms
///
Phrase, Noun
counterclaim
/xx
Noun
alibi
/xx
Noun
quest
/
Noun
endangerment
x/xx
Noun
battle line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
action
/x
Noun
gist
/
Noun
concealment
x/x
Noun
conquest
/x
Noun
ammunition
xx/x
Noun
feint
/
Noun
punishment
/xx
Noun
confrontation
xx/x
Noun
suppression
x/x
Noun
invasion
x/x
Noun
succour
//
Noun
tactic
/x
Noun
presentation
xx/x
Noun
shotgun
/x
Noun
depredation
xx/x
Noun
tort
/
Noun
wounding
/x
Noun
counteroffensive
xxx/x
Noun
departure
x/x
Noun
poesy
/xx
Noun
spirited
/xx
Adjective
indefensible
xx/xx
Adjective
duress
/x
Noun
fatherland
/xx
Noun
antioxidant
xx/xx
Adjective
mechanisms
/xxx
Verb
coast
/
Adjective
motherland
/xx
Noun
arguable
/xxx
Adjective
gallant
/x
Adjective
obstinate
/xx
Adjective
usury
/xx
Noun
self
/
Adjective
rallied
/x
Verb
resolute
/xx
Adjective
provocation
xx/x
Noun
stout
/
Adjective
organise
xxx
Verb
commissar
/xx
Noun
ministry
/xx
Noun
minister
/xx
Noun
dogged
/
Adjective
tenacious
x/x
Adjective
impassioned
x/x
Adjective
psychoses
xxx
Noun
stubborn
/x
Adjective
manic
/x
Adjective
reply
x/
Adverb
valiant
/x
Adjective
ballistic
x/x
Adjective
eloquent
/xx
Adjective
determined
x/x
Adjective
homeland
/x
Noun
effectual
x/xx
Adjective
organising
xxxx
Verb
quo
/
Noun
counsel
/x
Noun
vigorous
/xx
Adjective
militia
x/x
Noun
heroic
x/x
Adjective
insanity
x/xx
Noun
stalwart
/x
Adjective
accused
x/
Noun, Adjective
advancement
x/x
Noun
adversarial
xx/xx
Adjective
advocacy
/xxx
Noun
advocate
/xx
Noun, Verb
air defense
/x/
Phrase, Noun
amparo
x/x
Noun
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
antipoverty
xx/xx
Adjective
apologia
x/xxx
Noun
argument
/xx
Noun, Verb
armies
/x
Noun
arsenal
/xx
Noun
artillery
x/xx
Noun
assertion
x/x
Noun
attorney
x/x
Noun, Verb
bastion
/x
Noun, Verb
behalf
x/
Noun
bran
/
Noun
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
champion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
colombian
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
compensation
xx/x
Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
conservation
xx/x
Noun
contemplated
/xxx
Verb
conversion
x/x
Noun
department
x/x
Noun
deterrent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
disclaimer
x/x
Noun, Verb
dod
/
Name, Verb
exception
x/x
Noun
exculpatory
x/xxx
Adjective
expeditionary
xx/xxx
Name, Adjective
expenses
x/x
Adjective
fastness
/x
Noun
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
finance
x/
Noun, Verb
forces
/x
Noun
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
forestry
/xx
Noun
fort
/
Noun, Verb
fortification
xxx/x
Noun
guarantee
xx/
Noun, Verb
guarantor
xx/
Noun
guaranty
xx/
Noun, Verb
guardianship
/xxx
Noun
helpless
/x
Adjective
idealization
x/xx/x
Noun
junkyard
/x
Noun
justification
xxx/x
Noun
justified
/xx
Adjective
landfill
/x
Noun, Verb
lawyer
/x
Noun, Verb
line of defense
//x/
Phrase, Noun
maintaining
x/x
Noun
maintenance
/xx
Noun
mining
/x
Noun
mod
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
munition
x/x
Noun, Verb
navy
/x
Noun, Adjective
ombudsman
/xx
Noun
partisan
/xx
Adjective, Noun
pentagon
/xx
Name
preservation
xx/x
Noun
prevention
x/x
Noun
projection
x/x
Noun
promotion
x/x
Noun
protective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
protector
x/x
Noun
pursuit
x/
Noun
rampart
/x
Noun, Verb
rationalisation
/xx/x
Noun
rationalization
xxxx/x
Noun
regression
x/x
Noun
rejoinder
x/x
Noun, Verb
remedy
/xx
Noun, Verb
reparation
xx/x
Noun
representation
xxx/x
Noun
repression
x/x
Noun
response
x/
Noun
safeguard
/x
Verb, Noun
safety
/x
Noun, Verb
shield
/
Noun, Verb
stronghold
/x
Noun
support
x/
Noun, Verb
supporter
x/x
Noun
tusk
/
Noun, Verb
umbrella
x/x
Noun, Verb
uphold
x/
Verb, Noun
welfare
/x
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb