plural of affirmative defense

(video games) A style of real-time strategy video game in which the player attempts to stop enemies from crossing a map by building traps to slow them down and towers or turrets which shoot at them as they pass within range.

(law) A defense against a suit or criminal charge that asserts mitigating facts rather than contesting the main fact of the allegation.

Efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack.

plural of thesis defense

plural of Pac-Man defense

(informal, law) A claim of self-defence against an unwanted homosexual advance.

plural of personal defense weapon

a compact fully-automatic or semi-automatic firearm similar to a submachine gun but firing a rifle round

(science fiction) A satellite or space station, found in many different works of science fiction, meant to defend a planet against attack from space.