(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
English: defense, defence, defensive measure
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pertahananBahasa Indonesia
defence, defense, bulwark, breakwater, defence force
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#1,462 of the corpus · 84 per million words · 358,590 occurrences
From tahan (per-…-an) · common, #1,262
Noun
A protective structure of stone or concrete, extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
English: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty
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A structure used to defend against attack
English: defensive structure, defense, defence
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10 more noun senses
Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
English: fortification, munition
Bahasa: kubu
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The speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
English: refutation, defense, defence
Bahasa: pembelaan
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An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
English: defense, defence, defense force, defence force
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The defendant and his legal advisors collectively
English: defense, defence, defense team, defense lawyers
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(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
English: defense, defence, defending team
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(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
English: defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
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Protection from harm
English: defense, defence
Bahasa: perlindungan
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A fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
English: bulwark
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The justification for some act or belief
English: defense, defence, vindication
Bahasa: justifikasi
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A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
English: defense, defence, denial, demurrer
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Adjective
Intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
English: defensive
Bahasa: mempertahankan, defensif
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