Defence and Response

Defence

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

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

Response noun - Action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior.

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Defence and response are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defence" instead a noun "Response".

Nearby Words: responsive, responsible, respond

good	good defence	good response
physical	physical defence	physical response
special	special defence	special response
best	best defence	best response
Other adjectives: better, normal, natural, public, direct, standard, initial, critical, poor, effective, strong, actual, real, immediate, possible, military, last, justified.

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

Source: Defence Mechanism Superpower
Wingding Eyes: In the ~Magical Heart Kokoro-chan~ OVA, Makoto and Taisuke sport big shiny gold starbursts in their eyes in their ecstatic response to the arrival of the Anonymous Defence Service.

Source: Visual Novel / School Days
The immediate response was therefore to sign an alliance with the tiny, isolated communist country and to dispatch troops to aid in its defence.

Source: Useful Notes / History Of The Cold War

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