Defence and Flight

Opposite meaning words

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

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Flight is an antonym for defence.

Flight noun - Travel through the air by the use of wings.

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Defence is an antonym for flight.

Nearby Words: flighty, flighted, flightless, flighting

normal	normal defence	normal flight
direct	direct defence	direct flight
perfect	perfect defence	perfect flight
initial	initial defence	initial flight
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, successful, personal, new, desperate, military, last, earlier, orbital.

The "fight-or-flight" emergency response state makes defence-mechanism "super strength" an occasional Truth in Television.

Source: Defence Mechanism Superpower
Prior to that, its gravity manipulation provided perfect defence, a powerful offensive weapon, and flight.

Source: Anime / Aldnoah.Zero
The disbanding of the domestic air flight academy a few years ago (in order to supposedly save on the defence budget expenses) remains controversial to this day.

Source: Useful Notes / Slovaks with Sappers

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