defense
Roget-categorie 717
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.4. Antagonism
›› 5.4.2. Active antagonism
#717.
Defense
zelfstandig naamwoord
defense,
protection,
guard,
ward —
shielding
etc.
v. —
propugnation†,
preservation
etc.
670 —
guardianship.
area defense —
site defense.
self-defense,
self-preservation —
resistance
etc.
719.
safeguard
etc.
(safety)
664 —
balistraria† —
bunker,
screen
etc.
(shelter)
666 —
camouflage
etc.
(concealment)
530 —
fortification —
munition,
muniment† —
trench,
foxhole —
bulwark,
fosse†,
moat,
ditch,
entrenchment,
intrenchment† —
kila† —
dike,
dyke —
parapet,
sunk fence,
embankment,
mound,
mole,
bank,
sandbag,
revetment —
earth work,
field-work —
fence,
wall dead wall,
contravallation† —
paling
etc.
(inclosure)
232 —
palisade,
haha,
stockade,
stoccado†,
laager†,
sangar† —
barrier,
barricade —
boom —
portcullis,
chevaux de frise [Fr.] —
abatis,
abattis†,
abbatis† —
vallum†,
circumvallation†,
battlement,
rampart,
scarp —
escarp†,
counter-scarp —
glacis,
casemate† —
vallation†,
vanfos†.
buttress,
abutment —
shore
etc.
(support)
215.
breastwork,
banquette,
curtain,
mantlet†,
bastion,
redan†,
ravelin† —
vauntmure† —
advance work,
horn work,
outwork —
barbacan†,
barbican —
redoubt —
fort-elage [Fr.],
fort-alice —
lines.
loophole,
machicolation† —
sally port.
hold,
stronghold,
fastness —
asylum
etc.
(refuge)
666 —
keep,
donjon,
dungeon,
fortress,
citadel,
capitol,
castle —
tower of strength,
tower of strength —
fort,
barracoon†,
pah†,
sconce,
martello tower†,
peelhouse†,
blockhouse,
rath† —
wooden walls.
[body armor]
bulletproof vest,
armored vest,
buffer,
corner stone,
fender,
apron,
mask,
gauntlet,
thimble,
carapace,
armor,
shield,
buckler,
aegis,
breastplate,
backplate†,
cowcatcher,
face guard,
scutum†,
cuirass,
habergeon†,
mail,
coat of mail,
brigandine†,
hauberk,
lorication†,
helmet,
helm,
bassinet,
salade†,
heaume†,
morion†,
murrion†,
armet†,
cabaset†,
vizor†,
casquetel†,
siege cap,
headpiece,
casque,
pickelhaube,
vambrace†,
shako
etc.
(dress)
225.
bearskin —
panoply —
truncheon
etc.
(weapon)
727.
garrison,
picket,
piquet —
defender,
protector —
guardian
etc.
(safety)
664 —
bodyguard,
champion —
knight-errant,
Paladin —
propugner†.
bulletproof window.
hardened site.
werkwoord
defend,
forfend,
fend —
shield,
screen,
shroud —
engarrison† —
fend round
etc.
(circumscribe)
229 —
fence,
entrench,
intrench† —
guard
etc.
(keep safe)
664 —
guard against —
take care of
etc.
(vigilance)
459 —
bear harmless —
fend off,
keep off,
ward off,
beat off,
beat back —
hinder
etc.
706.
parry,
repel,
propugn†,
put to flight —
give a warm reception to [Iron.] —
hold at bay,
keep at bay,
keep arm's length.
stand on the defensive,
act on the defensive —
show fight —
maintain one's ground,
stand one's ground —
stand by —
hold one's own —
bear the brunt,
stand the brunt —
fall back upon,
hold,
stand in the gap.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
defending
etc.
v. —
defensive —
mural† —
armed,
armed at all points,
armed cap-a-pie,
armed to the teeth —
panoplied† —
iron-plated,
ironclad —
loopholed,
castellated,
machicolated†,
casemated† —
defended
etc.
v. —
proof against.
armored,
ballproof†,
bulletproof —
hardened.
bijwoord
defensively —
on the defense,
on the defensive —
in defense —
at bay,
pro aris et focis [Lat.].
tussenwerpsel
no surrender!,
uitdrukking
defense not defiance —
Dieu defend le droit [Fr.] —
fidei defensor [Lat.],
defender of the faith.
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