Defence and Fighting

Defence

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

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Fighting and defence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fighting" instead an adjective "Defence".

Fighting adjective - Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations.

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Defence and fighting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defence" instead an adjective "Fighting".

Nearby Words: fight, fighter

close	close defence	close fighting
good	good defence	good fighting
high	high defence	high fighting
physical	physical defence	physical fighting
Other adjectives: best, normal, melee, direct, effective, actual, entire, real, fierce, main, personal, internal, magic, ultimate, major, heroic, magical.

Amongst other things, the imposter relies on defence and counter-attack in contrast to Thog's offensive fighting style, and he also leads with his other foot.

Source: Fighting Fingerprint
As he is ostensibly fighting against alcoholism he now has a medical defence against dismissal.

Source: Literature / Backstrom
Waif-Fu: When Anwar is pitted against Rina she takes him down in no time despite being half his size (though in his defence he wasn't fighting back).

Source: Series / Sinbad

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