Case and Defence

Case

Case noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

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Antonyms for Case

Defence and case are semantically related in argument topic. In some cases you can use "Defence" instead a noun "Case".

Nearby Words: cased, casing, casework

Defence

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

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Case and defence are semantically related in plea topic. Sometimes you can use "Case" instead a noun "Defence", if it concerns topics such as testimony.

Nearby Words: defend, defense, defender, defenceless, defensive

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How words are described

good	good case	good defence
special	special case	special defence
best	best case	best defence
strong	strong case	strong defence
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, terrible, lower, main, new, major, terminal, possible, final, last, justified, earlier.

Both words in one sentence

A few cases feature crimes that appear to be murder but wind up slightly different: case 1-3 involves a manslaughter in self-defence and case 2-3 also involves a manslaughter, though the law of transferred intent applies.

Source: Franchise / Ace Attorney
In Eve's case, her father raped her more than once, she killed him in self-defence when she was 8 years old, had a stint in foster care, and had just one-night-stand before Roarke.

Source: Standard Cop Backstory
But as the subsequent court case pointed out with some force, just having the name first was no defence in law.

Source: London England Syndrome

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