Related Words for defense mechanism

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WordSyllablesCategories
defence
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Noun, Verb
defense
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Verb, Noun, Verb
psychological warfare
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Phrase, Noun
defense in depth
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Phrase, Noun
countermeasure
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Noun
stratagem
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Noun
war of nerves
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Phrase, Noun
deterrence
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Noun
retaliation
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Noun
tactic
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Noun
weapon
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Noun
duty to retreat
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Phrase, Noun
maneuver
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Noun
civil defense
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Name, Name
scarecrow
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Noun
stand
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Noun
defensive
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Adjective
terrorism
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Noun
subterfuge
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Noun
concealment
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Noun
diversion
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Noun
human shield
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Phrase, Noun
appeal
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Noun
road rage
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Phrase, Noun
combat
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Noun
artifice
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Noun
disarmament
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Noun
attack
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Noun
armament
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Noun
counter
/x
Noun
chemical warfare
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
retreat
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Noun
arming
/x
Noun
parry
/x
Noun
rearguard action
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Phrase, Noun
threat
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Noun
mayhem
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Noun
coercion
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Noun
harassment
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Noun
shotgun
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Noun
rebuttal
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Noun
damage control
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Phrase, Noun
camouflage
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Noun
rearguard
/x
Noun
biological warfare
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Name, Name
strategy
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Noun
ammunition
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Noun
acquittal
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Noun
revenge
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Noun
retrenchment
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Noun
apology
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Noun
battered woman syndrome
/x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
warfare
/x
Noun
challenge
/x
Noun
menace
/x
Noun
exit strategy
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
retribution
xx/x
Noun
excuse
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Noun
aggression
x/x
Noun
combatant
x/x
Noun
barrage
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Noun
war game
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
reply
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Noun
sabotage
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Noun
ambush
/x
Noun
ruse de guerre
/x
Phrase, Noun
firefighting
/xx
Noun
suppression
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Noun
offensive
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Noun
gauntlet
/x
Noun
distress
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Noun
disciplinary
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Adjective
hostage
/x
Noun
bullying
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Noun
antiterrorism
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Noun
drive
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Noun
vengeance
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Noun
guard
/
Noun
counteroffensive
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Noun
fight
/
Noun
metastasis
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Noun
setup
/x
Noun
alarm
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Noun
weapon of mass destruction
/x//x/x
Phrase, Noun
escalation
xx/x
Noun
terror
/x
Noun
battery
/xx
Noun
assault
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Noun
abm
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Name
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
actuator
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Noun
advocacy
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Noun
advocate
/xx
Noun, Verb
against
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Verb
agencies
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Noun
air defense
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Phrase, Noun
alibi
/xx
Noun, Verb
antiaircraft
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Noun, Adjective
antipoverty
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Adjective
apologia
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Noun
apparatus
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Noun
appliance
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Noun
approach
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Noun, Verb
architecture
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Noun
army
/x
Noun
arrangement
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Noun
attorney
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Noun, Verb
automatic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
automation
xx/x
Noun
automaton
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Noun
avenue
/xx
Noun
average
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
axis
/x
Noun
axis of rotation
/x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
barrier
/xx
Noun, Verb
bastion
/x
Noun, Verb
biological clock
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Name, Name
bodies
/x
Name
capability
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Noun
carriage
/x
Noun
casa
/x
Noun
causes
/x
Noun
championing
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Noun
channel
/x
Noun, Verb
check
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
clearing
/x
Noun
clearinghouse
/xx
Noun
clockwork
/x
Noun, Adjective
compensation
xx/x
Noun
con
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Noun, Verb
concept
/x
Noun, Verb
control
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Noun, Verb
controller
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Noun
conversion
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Noun
cooling
/x
Noun, Adjective
coordinating
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Adjective
counsel
/x
Noun, Verb
counterpart
/xx
Noun, Verb
court
/
Noun, Verb
defend
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Verb
defendant
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Noun, Adjective
defender
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Noun
demurrer
x/x
Noun
denial
x/x
Noun
department of defense
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Phrase, Noun
determinant
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Noun, Adjective
deterrent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
device
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Noun
dod
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Name, Verb
dynamic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
effector
x/x
Noun
ejector
x/x
Noun
enforcement
x/x
Noun
engine
/x
Noun, Verb
exile
/x
Noun, Verb
extractor
x/x
Noun
facility
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Noun
factor
/x
Noun, Verb
fastness
/x
Noun
fielding
/x
Noun
fixture
/x
Noun, Verb
football
/x
Noun, Verb
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
format
/x
Noun, Verb
formula
/xx
Noun
fort
/
Noun, Verb
fortification
xxx/x
Noun
fortress
/x
Noun, Verb
forum
/x
Noun
framework
/x
Noun
function
/x
Noun, Verb
gear
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
gearbox
/x
Noun
golem
/x
Noun
guarantee
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Noun, Verb
guarantor
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Noun
guaranty
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Noun, Verb
guilty
/x
Adjective, Noun
gun
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Noun, Verb
help
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Verb, Noun
hypothesis
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Noun
idealization
x/xx/x
Noun
ignition
x/x
Noun
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
insides
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Noun
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
institution
xx/x
Noun
instrument
/xx
Noun, Verb
insurgency
x/xx
Noun
intermediary
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Noun, Adjective
justification
xxx/x
Noun
karate
x/x
Noun, Verb
lawyer
/x
Noun, Verb
line of defense
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Phrase, Noun
livelihood
/xx
Noun
loading
/x
Noun
lock
/
Noun, Verb
locus
/x
Noun
machine
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Noun, Verb
machineries
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Noun
management
/xx
Noun
marketing
/xx
Noun
means
/
Noun
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
mechanical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
mechanics
x/x
Noun
mechanisms
/xxx
Noun
mechanistic
xx/x
Adjective
mechanized
/xx
Adjective
mediator
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Noun
medium
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
method
/x
Noun, Verb
military
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Adjective, Noun
mining
/x
Noun
missile
/x
Noun
mod
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
modality
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Noun
mode
/
Noun
munition
x/x
Noun, Verb
nonmilitary
x/xxx
Adjective
offense
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Noun
operative
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Adjective, Noun
organ
/x
Noun, Verb
pathway
/x
Noun
peacekeeping
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Noun
peer
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Noun, Verb
pentagon
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Name
place
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Noun, Verb
platform
/x
Noun, Verb
plea
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Noun, Verb
policing
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Noun
precautionary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
preparedness
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Noun
preventing
x/x
Verb
prevention
x/x
Noun
preventive
x/x
Noun, Adjective
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
procedure
x/x
Noun
proceeding
x/x
Noun
process
/x
Noun, Verb
projection
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Noun
promotion
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Noun
prosecution
xx/x
Noun
protect
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Verb
protection
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Noun
provision
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Noun, Verb