Defense
Pillar
Pillar noun - An upright shaft that supports an overhead structure.
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Defense and pillar are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defense" instead a noun "Pillar".
Nearby Word: pillared
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- Also happens in Combat Evolved and Halo 2, with the Pillar of Autumn and the Cairo defense station, respectively.
Source: All Your Base Are Belong to Us -
The Z-29 Central Defense Ship, a large red vessel that serves as the main pillar of Savara's defences.
Source: Video Game / Tyrian -
Space Is an Ocean: Averted, as the ships use the 3-dimensional, zero-gravity nature of space to their advantage, such as by flipping the Pillar of Autum 180 degrees in order to point the majority of their point-defense guns at the Covenant ships attacking their underside.
Source: Franchise / Halo
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