Block and Defence

Block

Block noun - A number of things considered as a unit.

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Defence and block are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Defence" instead a noun "Block".

Defence noun - The act of defending someone or something against attack or injury.

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Block and defence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Block" instead a noun "Defence".

good	good block	good defence
high	high block	high defence
special	special block	special defence
normal	normal block	normal defence
Other adjectives: perfect, effective, entire, real, successful, main, new, major, psychological, final, extra, last.

This arent only used for defence - leader of the family once used this command to block his opponents attack, and then stabbed him through his own soldier.

Source: We Have Reserves
In Magic: The Gathering there are is a pair of samurai brothers (click in the "Other variations" to see the other card) in the Kamigawa block, who when played at the same time gain bonuses to attack and defence because they are fighting back to back.

Source: Back-to-Back Badasses
Some people make this the point of their fighting style; Exolus, for example, deliberately leaves holes in his defence to draw his enemies in and block those when he's outmatched.

Source: Website / New Sith Brotherhood

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