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noun • (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires • (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring • the defendant and his legal advisors collectively • an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack • the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions • the justification for some act or belief • a structure used to defend against attack • a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him • (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies • protection from harm • the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | ||||||||
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noun • the act of rotating as if on an axis • (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin • a single complete turn (axial or orbital) • a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.) | ||||||||
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Derailing The Work Of The Armed Forces Crossword Clue
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DEFENCE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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DEFENCE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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1 | A senior officer in a nation's armed forces, specifically in naval forces | |
2 | Cavalry forces in the Byzantine armed forces | |
3 | Decoration for wounded members of the US armed forces
The Guardian Quick -
29 May 2002 | The Guardian Quick / 29 May 2002 |
4 | Former Senate Armed Forces Committee head
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23 Jun 1996 | New York Times / 23 Jun 1996 |
5 | Movement of turntable perhaps derailing train too
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18 Jan 2024 | The Guardian Cryptic / 18 Jan 2024 |
6 | Rebellion in the armed forces
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09 Jan 2004 | The Guardian Quick / 09 Jan 2004 |
7 | Wrongdoings when first three leave the armed forces
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