Translate defense from English to Dutch

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defense:
- achterhoede; afweer; defensie; afweermiddel; verdediging
Wiktionary:
- defense → verweer, verdediging, weer, defensie
- defense → motivering, rechtvaardiging, wettiging, interdict, verbod, afweer, defensie, verdediging, weer, verweer

English

Detailed Translations for defense from English to Dutch

the defense (defence)
de achterhoede
- achterhoede [de ~] noun
the defense (defence)
de afweer
- afweer [de ~ (m)] noun
the defense (defence)
de defensie
- defensie [de ~ (v)] noun
the defense (preventive measure; defence)
het afweermiddel
- afweermiddel [het ~] noun
the defense (defence; resistance)
de verdediging
- verdediging [de ~ (v)] noun

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
achterhoede	defence; defense
afweer	defence; defense
afweermiddel	defence; defense; preventive measure
defensie	defence; defense
verdediging	defence; defense; resistance
-	defence; defence force; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defending team; defense force; defense lawyers; defense mechanism; defense reaction; defense team; defensive measure; defensive structure; demurrer; denial; refutation; vindication
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	apology; defence; resistance

defence; defending team; team; squad
defensive measure; military action; action
defense team; defense lawyers; collection; aggregation; accumulation; assemblage
protection
defensive structure; structure; construction
refutation; answer
vindication; justification
denial; demurrer; due process; due process of law
defense force; defence force; organization; organisation
Department of Defense; Defense Department; United States Department of Defense; Defense; DoD; executive department
defense mechanism; defense reaction; defence mechanism; defence reaction; psychoanalytic process; process; unconscious process

the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury¹
- a good boxer needs a good defense¹
- defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem¹
protection from harm¹
- sanitation is the best defense against disease¹
(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies¹
- they died in the defense of Stalingrad¹
- they were developed for the defense program¹
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him¹
- he gave evidence for the defense¹
a structure used to defend against attack¹
- the artillery battered down the defenses¹
the justification for some act or belief¹
- he offered a persuasive defense of the theory¹
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions¹
- in defense he said the other man started it¹
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack¹
- he joined the defense against invasion¹
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively¹
- the defense called for a mistrial¹
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring¹
- his teams are always good on defense¹
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires¹

defense

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defense

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Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• defense	→ motivering; rechtvaardiging; wettiging; interdict; verbod; afweer; defensie; verdediging; weer; verweer	↔ défense — Action de défendre