Defense force
Defense force noun - An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack.
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Synonyms for Defense force
Soldiers and defense force are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Soldiers" instead a noun phrase "Defense force".
Soldiers
Defense force and soldiers are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defense force" instead a noun "Soldiers".
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Related pairs
- legion and defense force
- legion and soldiers
- squad and defense force
- squad and soldiers
- troop and defense force
- troop and soldiers
- army and defense force
- army and soldiers
- battalion and defense force
- battalion and soldiers
- troops and defense force
- troops and soldiers
- military and defense force
- military and soldiers
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- When the Earth Defense Force is infiltrated at the command level, the soldiers nonetheless implicitly trust Gordon, who would never become "one of them."
Source: The Last DJ -
In Old Man's War the Colonial Defense Force's personnel are all clones, but they're intended as replacement bodies for their geriatric recruits rather than mass-produced soldiers.
Source: Clone Army -
The War Of The Masters: Owing to a bureaucratic mistake between species with different aging rates (Klingons are physically adult several years sooner than humans or Gorn), the Klingon Defense Force and allied services ended up inducting Gorn and Moabite human minors as full soldiers.
Source: Child Soldiers
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