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DEFENCE FORCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
Example:
he joined the defense against invasion
Synonyms:
defence; defence force; defense; defense force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("defence force" is a kind of...):
organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "defence force"):
bastion (a group that defends a principle)
