Defense
Defense noun - Means or method of defending.
Raid
Raid noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.
Usage example: an early morning raid by Federal agents took the smugglers in their hideout by surprise
Both words in one sentence
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During the night raid Duran and some of his soldiers do manage to get on the other side of the hill, and the soldiers put their shields in front for defense in a tactic similar to the Roman testudo.
Source: Literature / Gate -
In the raid on the Sunflower Society, he casually kills his own men to make it look like his squad was acting in self-defense.
- This causes Yuan to divert forces that would have gone to the defense of Wuchao to help raid Cao Cao's headquarters camp... where the rest of Cao's forces were waiting in ambush.
Source: False Flag Operation
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