…the organization and training of civilians for the protection of lives and property during and after attacks in wartime…
…the defense of one’s person or interests, especially through the use of physical force, which is permitted in certain cases as an answer to a charge of violent crime…
…(in basketball, football, and hockey) a system of defensive play in which each player guards an allotted area of the field of play and guards an opponent only when the opponent is in his area…
…a defense in which Black responds to White’s advance of the queen’s pawn by moving the king’s knight to the f6 square, usually following with a fianchetto…
…the practice of arranging defensive lines or fortifications so that they can defend each other, especially in case of an enemy incursion…
…a projected US system of defence against nuclear weapons, using satellites armed with lasers to intercept and destroy intercontinental ballistic missiles. The project was renamed the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization in 1993…
…defensive measures taken to protect against an attack using biological weapons…
…los principios elementales de la defensa personal…
…‘no smoking, offenders will be fined’…
