Synonyms for self-defense
self-de·fense

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1. self-defense, self-defence, self-protectionnoun

   the act of defending yourself

   Synonyms:
   self-defence, self-protection

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1. • Protection

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1. self-defensenoun

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1. List of paraphrases for "self-defense":

   self-defence, sdf, gsdf, self-defensive, self-defending, self, defense, vigilante

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1. John Bruni:

   That's confirmation from someone who is relatively senior in the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, and it gives heart to local industry that if we are going to accept the Japanese design, we could actually do most of the work here.

2. James Alan Fox:

   Women tend to see violence as a last resort, as a self-defense mechanism. You use violence if you have to, if there's no other way out, men tend to use violence as an offensive weapon, to show them who's boss.

3. Greg Gutfeld:

   So you humans do like to group things, especially when incidents happen close together, for me, you have the Rittenhouse case and you have the Arbery murders. These are close together. But it shows you that if you pick the right filter, which is the filter of self-defense, you would have easily predicted the outcomes of both cases.

4. Gen Nakatani:

   When the Air Self Defense Force detects indications of an unidentified flying object that could violate our country's airspace, it scrambles fighter jets if necessary and makes visual observation, no extraterrestrials.

5. Adam Schiff:

   Nevertheless, this missile strike and the military action of our forces already in Syria, have yet to be authorized by Congress, congress cannot abdicate its responsibility any longer and should vote on any use of force not made in self defense. This is necessary whether action is taken against terrorist groups or, as here, against regime capabilities.