"defense" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defense sustantivo

sustantivo + defense
Kolokacji: 83
air defense • missile defense • zone defense • title defense • self defense • insanity defense • pass defense • run defense • ...
defense + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 175
defense lawyer • Defense Department • Defense Minister • defense attorney • Defense Secretary • Defense Ministry • defense team • ...
defense + verbo
Kolokacji: 85
defense allows • defense holds • defense argues • defense plays • defense makes • defense says • defense takes • defense forces • ...
verbo + defense
Kolokacji: 76
play defense • provide defense • come to one's defense • say in one's defense • strengthen one's defenses • penetrate one's defenses • ...
adjetivo + defense
Kolokacji: 178
national defense • legal defense • best defense • strong defense • successful defense • only defense • good defense • civil defense • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 51
(1) national, local, domestic
Kolokacji: 3
(6) only, affirmative, defiant
Kolokacji: 3
(8) civil, military, civilian
Kolokacji: 3
(10) aggressive, hard-hitting
Kolokacji: 2
(18) tough, formidable, rugged
Kolokacji: 3
1. tough defense = nieustępliwa obrona tough defense
  • They are still 4-1 and one of the more formidable defenses in football, but the Eagles have just five sacks.
  • But if they continue to struggle, they had better hope that their formidable defense can carry them.
  • In the face of a formidable defense, it can be expected to stay home.
  • The walls are protected by some rather formidable defenses.
  • She also shares information about the formidable defenses of the facility.
  • So when a soldier says, 'I was only following orders,' he has offered a formidable defense and an embarrassing one for his superiors.
  • The soldier had built up a formidable defense that had to be reduced before he could get to him.
  • It was also a formidable natural defense, for an invader could only move through the passage one at a time.
  • "Every scout that makes it back reports the camps larger, with more formidable defenses."
  • I do not expect any further attack here, but if there is one, our American friend will face a formidable defense.
3. rugged defense = nierówna obrona rugged defense
(19) new, young
Kolokacji: 2
(23) Iraqi, Indian, Japanese
Kolokacji: 3
(25) Soviet, Russian
Kolokacji: 2
(26) limited, overall
Kolokacji: 2
(30) top-ranked, second-ranked
Kolokacji: 2
(31) porous, leaky
Kolokacji: 2
(32) possible, hard-nosed
Kolokacji: 2
(33) real, proper
Kolokacji: 2
(34) fierce, ferocious
Kolokacji: 2
(35) final, last-ditch
Kolokacji: 2
(37) staunch, credible, reliable
Kolokacji: 3
(38) mandatory, indigent
Kolokacji: 2
(39) territorial, dominant
Kolokacji: 2
(41) stellar, major
Kolokacji: 2
(43) British, Irish
Kolokacji: 2
(44) eloquent, second-team
Kolokacji: 2
(45) Israeli, Korean
Kolokacji: 2
(47) automatic, shaky
Kolokacji: 2
(48) perfect, complete, third-down
Kolokacji: 3
(49) elaborate, detailed
Kolokacji: 2
(50) naval, positional
Kolokacji: 2
(51) immunological, psychiatric
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + defense
Kolokacji: 20
of Defense • on defense • in defense • to one's defense • against one's defense • ...

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