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Luckily, Tor was prepared for this sort of assault, and has built-in defenses to protect against it.

In another unusual move, the grand jury considered not only the basic elements of the crime, but also affirmative defenses.

To prevent further attacks we have vastly improved our defenses at home.

Or, that the rebels—and Russia for that matter—would potentially attack those building the wall, and fire at its defenses.

And even as he plots defenses against American and allied air raids, he is taunting Vladimir Putin and his allies in Grozny.

If we stayed where we were, our dead would kill us; if we moved out of our defenses, we should no longer be invincible.

At Norfolk nothing had been done but to strengthen the defenses.

In practice it was simple and, like most defenses, only partially effective.

Then was heard an angry buzz, as the assaulted bees swarmed out of their defenses and literally stormed her.

Right after graduation, he was made second lieutenant of Engineers and for some time he was busy looking after our coast defenses.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to defenses, such as: avoidance reaction, bunker atmosphere, bunker mentality, defense mechanism, ego defenses, and negative taxis.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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