Defence and Guards

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

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

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Defence and guards are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defence" instead a noun "Guards".

Played straight with many courtesans — yet subverted again when Ezio believes Claudia to be in trouble with Borgia guards only to find out that she's quite capable of self-defence.

Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
There are apparently no defence measures in place, minimal guards stationed nearby, and nobody monitoring the local air-space for threats.

Source: Film / Star Trek Into Darkness
To the guards' defence, they were usually employed to hunt down rogue unarmed telepaths and their opponent was a professional extremely good at fighting and hiding his thoughts and equipped with a suit making him invisible...

Source: The Guards Must Be Crazy

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