defense#1 (n)
defence#1 (n)
defending team (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 14
def (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
examples his teams are always good on defense
Outgoing links
Hypernym team, squad
Domain of synset - TOPIC sport, athletics
Derivationally related form defence → defend
Antonym defence → offence
Antonym defense → offense
Incoming links
Member of this domain - TOPIC sport, athletics
Antonym offence → defence
Antonym offense → defense
Hyponym team, squad
Derivationally related form defend → defence

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