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Meanings of Defense in English
Role of a sports team or player to prevent the opposing team from scoring.
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ajustamentos Catalan
mecanisme de defensa (Psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires.
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Examples for "defense mechanism"
Examples for "defense mechanism"
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It's a psychological defense mechanism, a means of coping with the unbearable.
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The defense mechanism wasn't a thinking being, capable of making judgment calls.
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Jeth rolled his eyes, sarcasm the only self- defense mechanism left to him.
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Objective: A defense mechanism is an automatic psychological process necessary for successful adaptation.
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He was irritating because that was what he used as a defense mechanism.
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I didn't know what I was doing; it was like a defense reaction.
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Our results support the involvement of VvWRKY33 in the defense reaction of grapevine against different pathogens.
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In many interactions of plants with pathogens, the primary host defense reaction is accompanied by plant cell death at the site of infection.
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Acute inflammation can elicit a defense reaction known as the acute-phase response (APR) that is crucial for reestablishing homeostasis in the host.
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Bresler refers to tic as a motor reaction to original mental shock, so that it is in fact a psychic defense reaction of expression.
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Some of these metabolites play important roles in the plant's defence mechanism.
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Did he avoid pining to be free as a kind of defence mechanism?
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Narcissism is fundamentally an evolved version of the splitting defence mechanism.
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I have this defence mechanism, this survival tactic of playing dumb.
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Sigmund Freud described it as a primitive defence mechanism used to resolve emotional conflict.
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Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) is a plant hormone important for the mediation of signals for developmental processes and defence reactions in higher plants.
The defendant and his legal advisors collectively.
The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947.
Usage of Defense in English
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There's only one problem: Defense companies already want to render it obsolete.
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That way, State and Defense are together, Mattis said at the time.
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The U.S State Department and Israeli Defense Forces had no immediate comment.
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It is being examined by state experts, said a Defense Ministry statement.
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Others were: Necessary Clothing: Camp Outfit; Fishing-Tackle; Weapons of Defense: and Diversions.
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In Texas, Marston of Environmental Defense said direct action had proved convincing.
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Sciens Capital Management, for example, jointly owns small arms maker Colt Defense.
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The Defense Ministry was not immediately available for comment on the issue.
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Hawaii Civil Defense officials said no other residential structures were immediately threatened.
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Secret Service, State, Defense, and CIA are all going to be involved.
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His company, Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems, was marketing less-lethal directed energy weapons.
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The Israel Defense Forces said they were extending their Operation Protective Edge.
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Hours later, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigiu spoke to his Turkish counterpart.
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Hawaii County Civil Defense officials said no other dwellings were immediately threatened.
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Nine homes had been destroyed, the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency said.
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Pentagon leadership has begun assessing the deal, a Defense Department official said.
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Defense through the time
Defense across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
South Africa
Rare
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