DEFENSE

'Defense' or 'defence' (see -ce/-se) may refer to:
The tactics and strategy of defending against attack:

★ Defense (military)

★ Defense (sport)

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★ Defender (football), a specialist defensive player in football (soccer)

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★ Defenceman (ice hockey), a specialist defensive player in ice hockey

★ Defense (legal)

★ Self-defense

★ Civil defense
In 'politics' and 'economics':

★ National security

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★ Defence minister

★ International security

★ The defense industry

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★ Defense contractor, a company that provides defense-related services
Concepts in 'law':

★ Self-defense (theory)

★ Defense of property
It may also refer to:

★ A euphemism for war or the military

★ Defense of a doctoral thesis, also called 'viva voce'; see Thesis committee

★ La Défense, a business district in Paris

★ The Grande Arche, commnly known as Arche de la Défense, a monument in the Parisian district of the same name

★ 'DeFence', an interactive conceptual art project for freedom of cohabitation

★ The Haganah (in Hebrew: "The Defence"), a paramilitary organization in British Palestine