"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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 23

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 13

(1) play, come, lead, take, rush, ...

Kolokacji: 16

(2) provide, offer, assist, aid

Kolokacji: 4

(3) say, testify, speak, read, present, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(4) strengthen, break, weaken, go, open, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(5) penetrate, leap, jump, cut, list

Kolokacji: 5

(6) mount, rise, deploy, stretch, erect, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(7) prepare, make, build, organize, lose, ...

Kolokacji: 10

(8) include, prevent

Kolokacji: 2

(9) know, need, test, rank, reject

Kolokacji: 6

(10) rally, command, handle

Kolokacji: 3

(11) support, shore, hold

Kolokacji: 3

(12) emphasize, stress

Kolokacji: 2

(13) destroy, overwhelm

Kolokacji: 2

1. destroy one's defenses = niszczyć czyjś obrony destroy one's defenses

destroy defenses

2. overwhelm one's defenses = obezwładniać czyjś obrony overwhelm one's defenses

I don't doubt that my ship has the firepower to overwhelm this station's defenses.
Just the sheer power of his intensely masculine presence was enough to overwhelm her meager defenses.
However, under outbreak conditions, the beetles can overwhelm the tree's defenses.
Illnesses become deadly when they overwhelm the body's defenses and its mechanisms for repair.
Better, he thought, to catch the Americans by surprise and overwhelm their defenses, with aircraft coming at them from every point on the compass.
Saravio's talent was strong enough to overwhelm her defenses.
Burbridge joined the fight shortly after and the two Federal columns overwhelmed the town's defenses.
Iran would likely use these small boats as "swarms" in order to overwhelm a larger ship's defenses.
In 1992, though, the virus finally overwhelmed his defenses.
They were able to overwhelm our outer defenses too easily.

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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