defence

Related to defence: defence mechanism

leap to (one's) defense

To begin defending one very quickly or abruptly. I appreciate the thought, but I don't need you leaping to my defense every time someone starts arguing with me. Thankfully, a group of people in the bar leaped to her defense when the man started assaulting her. The boss singled out Jonathan when he started criticizing the progress of the project, so I leaped to his defense.

Nuremberg defense

A plea or legal defense strategy in which the defendant claims that their actions were solely the result of carrying out the orders of superiors and that, as such, they should not be found guilty of such actions. Refers to the use of such a defense by political and military leaders of defeated Nazi Germany in the Nuremberg Trials of 1945–46. Against the charge of unlawful murder during wartime, the staff sergeant's defense attorney put forward a Nuremberg defense, claiming that the killings were carried out under direct orders by superior officers.

spring to (one's) defense

To begin defending one very quickly or abruptly. I appreciate the thought, but I don't need you springing to my defense every time someone starts arguing with me. Thankfully, a group of people in the bar sprang to her defense when the man started assaulting her. The boss singled out Jonathan when he started criticizing the progress of the project, so I sprang to his defense.

the noble art (of self-defense)

The sport of boxing. Any two yahoos can get into a fistfight, but it takes real skill, dedication, and training to learn the noble art of self-defense. He spent most of his career training in the noble art before joining the world of mixed martial arts last year.

词组	defence
释义	defence Related to defence: defence mechanism leap to (one's) defense To begin defending one very quickly or abruptly. I appreciate the thought, but I don't need you leaping to my defense every time someone starts arguing with me. Thankfully, a group of people in the bar leaped to her defense when the man started assaulting her. The boss singled out Jonathan when he started criticizing the progress of the project, so I leaped to his defense. See also: defense, leap Nuremberg defense A plea or legal defense strategy in which the defendant claims that their actions were solely the result of carrying out the orders of superiors and that, as such, they should not be found guilty of such actions. Refers to the use of such a defense by political and military leaders of defeated Nazi Germany in the Nuremberg Trials of 1945–46. Against the charge of unlawful murder during wartime, the staff sergeant's defense attorney put forward a Nuremberg defense, claiming that the killings were carried out under direct orders by superior officers. See also: defense spring to (one's) defense To begin defending one very quickly or abruptly. I appreciate the thought, but I don't need you springing to my defense every time someone starts arguing with me. Thankfully, a group of people in the bar sprang to her defense when the man started assaulting her. The boss singled out Jonathan when he started criticizing the progress of the project, so I sprang to his defense. See also: defense, spring the noble art (of self-defense) The sport of boxing. Any two yahoos can get into a fistfight, but it takes real skill, dedication, and training to learn the noble art of self-defense. He spent most of his career training in the noble art before joining the world of mixed martial arts last year. See also: art, noble Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: leap to (one's) defense abortive action pull the rug pull the rug (out) from under (someone) pull the rug (out) from under (someone's) feet pull the rug from under pull the rug from under someone/something pull the rug out pull the rug out from under leap clear (of something) References in periodicals archive The joint communique issued on the occasion reads 'On the invitation extended by Khawaja Mohammad Asif, Federal Minister for Defence, Honorable Ms. 'During the visit both countries signed an MoU on Defence and Defence Industrial Cooperation. 'Acquisition of defence equipment as well as cooperation in Research and Development (R and D), Transfer of Technology, Co-production/Joint Ventures in public as well as private sector, also fall within the domain of the signed MoU. 'Being the first ever visit of a Defence Minister from Democratic Republic of South Africa, the visiting dignitary called on Minister of Defence, Minister of Defence Production and Chief of Army Staff, wherein issues of bilateral interest were discussed. 'The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans expressed appreciation at the warm welcome and reception by her counterparts, Minister of Defence and Minister for Defence Production respectively and looks forward to further cooperation in the letter and spirit of the signed MoU on Defence and Defence Industrial Cooperation.' Pakistan-South Africa sign to cooperate in defence sector The Australian government is conducting a fundamental review of its defence policy. On 27 June the Prime Minister and the Minister for Defence released a public discussion paper Defence Review 2000 - Our Future Defence Force. The discussion paper and consultation program being coordinated by Mr Peacock will play a valuable role in informing the community about our defence needs and assist the government in producing the Defence Policy Statement towards the end of this year. * What is the best way to structure the defence force? * What is the best way to spend the defence budget? Affordable Acquisition The tight operations-technology integration between defence engineers and scientists and their users at all levels is our competitive advantage. We have a policy of dealing and contracting directly with all manufacturers and suppliers in the procurement of defence equipment. In April 1998, we launched the ministry of defence internet procurement system (MIPS) to enable the purchase of recurrent spare parts over the net. For the aircraft manufacturers, they received their payments in a timely manner and for the ministry of defence, we avoided huge capital outlay up-front and trained our pilots earlier than we would have via outright purchase. In 1993, ministry of defence decided to put in place long-term contracts for strategic requirements which addressed these issues. Defence Procurement in Singapore
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