defense

Roget category 717

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.4. Antagonism
›› 5.4.2. Active antagonism

#717. Defense

noun

defense, protection, guard, ward — shielding etc. v. — propugnation^†, preservation etc. 670 — guardianship.
area defense — site defense.
self-defense, self-preservation — resistance etc. 719.
safeguard etc. (safety) 664 — balistraria^† — bunker, screen etc. (shelter) 666 — camouflage etc. (concealment) 530 — fortification — munition, muniment^† — trench, foxhole — bulwark, fosse^†, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment^† — kila^† — dike, dyke — parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment — earth work, field-work — fence, wall dead wall, contravallation^† — paling etc. (inclosure) 232 — palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado^†, laager^†, sangar^† — barrier, barricade — boom — portcullis, chevaux de frise [Fr.] — abatis, abattis^†, abbatis^† — vallum^†, circumvallation^†, battlement, rampart, scarp — escarp^†, counter-scarp — glacis, casemate^† — vallation^†, vanfos^†.
buttress, abutment — shore etc. (support) 215.
breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet^†, bastion, redan^†, ravelin^† — vauntmure^† — advance work, horn work, outwork — barbacan^†, barbican — redoubt — fort-elage [Fr.], fort-alice — lines.
loophole, machicolation^† — sally port.
hold, stronghold, fastness — asylum etc. (refuge) 666 — keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle — tower of strength, tower of strength — fort, barracoon^†, pah^†, sconce, martello tower^†, peelhouse^†, blockhouse, rath^† — wooden walls.
[body armor] bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate^†, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum^†, cuirass, habergeon^†, mail, coat of mail, brigandine^†, hauberk, lorication^†, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade^†, heaume^†, morion^†, murrion^†, armet^†, cabaset^†, vizor^†, casquetel^†, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace^†, shako etc. (dress) 225.
bearskin — panoply — truncheon etc. (weapon) 727.
garrison, picket, piquet — defender, protector — guardian etc. (safety) 664 — bodyguard, champion — knight-errant, Paladin — propugner^†.
bulletproof window.
hardened site.

verb

defend, forfend, fend — shield, screen, shroud — engarrison^† — fend round etc. (circumscribe) 229 — fence, entrench, intrench^† — guard etc. (keep safe) 664 — guard against — take care of etc. (vigilance) 459 — bear harmless — fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat back — hinder etc. 706.
parry, repel, propugn^†, put to flight — give a warm reception to [Iron.] — hold at bay, keep at bay, keep arm's length.
stand on the defensive, act on the defensive — show fight — maintain one's ground, stand one's ground — stand by — hold one's own — bear the brunt, stand the brunt — fall back upon, hold, stand in the gap.

adjective

defending etc. v. — defensive — mural^† — armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth — panoplied^† — iron-plated, ironclad — loopholed, castellated, machicolated^†, casemated^† — defended etc. v. — proof against.
armored, ballproof^†, bulletproof — hardened.

adverb

defensively — on the defense, on the defensive — in defense — at bay, pro aris et focis [Lat.].

interjection

no surrender!,

phrase

defense not defiance — Dieu defend le droit [Fr.] — fidei defensor [Lat.], defender of the faith.

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