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synonyms for defense
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- cover
- deterrence
- dike
- embankment
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- rampart
- redoubt
- resistance
- safeguard
- security
- shelter
- shield
- stockade
- stronghold
- trench
- wall
- ward
- warfare
- weaponry
- weapons
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Atlanta has started bolstering its defenses against climate change, but in some cases this has only exacerbated divisions.
Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration | by Abrahm Lustgarten, photography by Meridith Kohut | September 15, 2020 | ProPublicaMuch like the last time this club looked worthy of a title, in 2018, this defense is versatile enough to switch its assignments to guard ball screens.
Everything Should Be On The Table For The Houston Rockets. Even James Harden’s Future. | Chris Herring (chris.herring@fivethirtyeight.com) | September 14, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThat key defense won’t change as more suits are filed, Kammer said.
Got interruption insurance? These companies found it’s useless in the age of COVID-19 | Bernhard Warner | September 12, 2020 | Fortune
Tensions have been mounting locally between federal defense attorneys and prosecutors over practices during the pandemic.
Federal Jail Downtown Now Has One of the Country’s Worst COVID Outbreaks | Maya Srikrishnan | September 10, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoMatthews and his colleagues hypothesize that the plants might produce hexyl glucoside chemicals as a defense against the pests.
How does a crop’s environment shape a food’s smell and taste? | Carolyn Beans | September 10, 2020 | Science NewsI went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness | Marlow Stern | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThere is just no way of selling this picture with an innocent defense like, “she just asked for a snap.”
Buckingham Palace Disputes Sex Allegations Against Prince ‘Randy Andy’ | Tom Sykes | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut, but … there was a token black girl in the background, Target cried in its defense!
One Vogue Cover Doesn’t Solve Fashion’s Big Race Problem | Danielle Belton | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the fun starts when conservatives stop playing defense and go on offense.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game | Michael Tomasky | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd from there, the letter asked for money for a legal defense fund.
And all the while she fought him, she punctuated her blows with words, some abusing him, others in defense of her father.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxThat, in the light of present conditions, is the most important thing for the necessary maintenance and defense of these islands.
Everything was placed in the best state of defense that time allowed, so that any attack of the enemy could be repulsed.
I sent an order and what was necessary for the fortification at Oton, and had that port put in a state of defense.
Les rivieres de Seine & d'Aulbe rendent le lieu de cette Baronnie autant agreable, que fort & avantageux la defense.
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