28 entries under defense topic. ×
| defending(adjective, alert, caring, hostile, counter) | |
| defensively | |
| armed | |
| casemated | |
| castellated | |
| defended | |
| armed cap-a-pie(expression, idiom) | |
| at bay(expression, idiom) | |
| bear the brunt(expression, idiom) | |
| fall back upon(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| hold | |
| hold one's own(expression, idiom) | |
| in defense(expression, idiom) | |
| iron-plated | |
| ironclad | |
| loopholed | |
| machicolated | |
| maintain one(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| mural | |
| on the defense(expression, idiom) |
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