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See UK English definition of defence
1‘the defence of fortresses against enemies’
2‘the enemy's defences were sited all along the ridge’
3‘he planned to speak in defence of his old chief’
4‘they urged lower spending on defence’
5‘the prisoner was unable to speak for pain, so his defence was never heard’