"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(2) provide, offer, assist, aid
Kolokacji: 4
(8) include, prevent
Kolokacji: 2
(10) rally, command, handle
Kolokacji: 3
(11) support, shore, hold
Kolokacji: 3
1. support one's defense = wsparcie czyjś obrona support one's defense
2. shore up one's defenses = brzeg w górę czyjś obrony shore up one's defenses
  • The stockbroker said the conversation was recorded last January when he decided to shore up his defenses.
  • Let's walk around the camp and see what we can do to shore up its defenses.
  • The army has been frantically distributing sandbags as communities try to shore up their defenses.
  • Banks could see him processing information, trying to shore up his defenses.
  • She shored up her body's defenses and constructed a biochemical wall against the poison's attack.
  • That approach contrasts with how the federal government typically went about trying to shore up the nation's defenses after the 2001 attacks.
  • Can't give you the chance to shore up your rationales and your defenses.
  • She quickly shored up her defenses, only to hear the soft steps moving away from the murder scene.
  • And even though Lonny tried to shore up her defenses, it was far too late.
  • I have sent the roc out to round up more bodies, to shore up my defenses.
3. defense held = obrona trzymała defense held
(12) emphasize, stress
Kolokacji: 2
(13) destroy, overwhelm
Kolokacji: 2
adjetivo + defense
Kolokacji: 178
national defense • legal defense • best defense • strong defense • successful defense • only defense • good defense • civil defense • ...
preposición + defense
Kolokacji: 20
of Defense • on defense • in defense • to one's defense • against one's defense • ...

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