Related Words for on defense

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Name, Name
advocacy
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Noun
advocate
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Noun, Verb
against
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Verb
air defense
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Phrase, Noun
alibi
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Noun, Verb
antiaircraft
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Noun, Adjective
antipoverty
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Adjective
apologia
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Noun
apology
x/xx
Noun
armed
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Adjective
army
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Noun
attorney
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Noun, Verb
bastion
/x
Noun, Verb
championing
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Noun
check
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
compensation
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Noun
con
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Noun, Verb
control
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Noun, Verb
conversion
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Noun
coordinating
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Adjective
counsel
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Noun, Verb
counterpart
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Noun, Verb
court
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Noun, Verb
defence
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Noun, Verb
defend
x/
Verb
defendant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
defender
x/x
Noun
defense mechanism
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Phrase, Noun
defensive
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Adjective, Noun
demurrer
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Noun
denial
x/x
Noun
department of defense
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Phrase, Noun
deterrent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
dod
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Name, Verb
enforcement
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Noun
excuse
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Noun, Verb
exile
/x
Noun, Verb
fastness
/x
Noun
fielding
/x
Noun
fight
/
Verb, Noun
football
/x
Noun, Verb
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
fort
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Noun, Verb
fortification
xxx/x
Noun
fortress
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Noun, Verb
guarantee
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Noun, Verb
guarantor
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Noun
guaranty
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Noun, Verb
guard
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Noun, Verb
guilty
/x
Adjective, Noun
gun
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Noun, Verb
help
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Verb, Noun
idealization
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Noun
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
insurgency
x/xx
Noun
justification
xxx/x
Noun
karate
x/x
Noun, Verb
lawyer
/x
Noun, Verb
line of defense
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Phrase, Noun
livelihood
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Noun
management
/xx
Noun
marketing
/xx
Noun
mechanism
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Noun
mediator
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Noun
military
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Adjective, Noun
mining
/x
Noun
missile
/x
Noun
mod
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
munition
x/x
Noun, Verb
nonmilitary
x/xxx
Adjective
offense
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Noun
peacekeeping
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Noun
pentagon
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Name
plea
/
Noun, Verb
policing
x/x
Noun
precautionary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
preparedness
x/xx
Noun
preventing
x/x
Verb
prevention
x/x
Noun
preventive
x/x
Noun, Adjective
projection
x/x
Noun
promotion
x/x
Noun
prosecution
xx/x
Noun
protection
x/x
Noun
protective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
rationalisation
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Noun
rationalization
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Noun
rebuttal
x/x
Noun
refutation
xx/x
Noun
regression
x/x
Noun
regulation
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
remedial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
repression
x/x
Noun
safeguard
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Verb, Noun
security
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Noun
shield
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Noun, Verb
stand
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Verb, Noun
stronghold
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Noun
tusk
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Noun, Verb
umbrella
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Noun, Verb
upholding
x/x
Noun
vindication
xx/x
Noun
weapon
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Noun, Verb