Hyphenation of defense

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word defense? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

de-fense

Definitions of defense:

1.	(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies They died in the defense of Stalingrad They were developed for the defense program
2.	Protection from harm Sanitation is the best defense against disease
3.	(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring His teams are always good on defense
4.	The justification for some act or belief He offered a persuasive defense of the theory
5.	(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
6.	The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States Created in 1947
7.	The defendant and his legal advisors collectively The defense called for a mistrial
8.	The speech act of answering an attack on your assertions His refutation of the charges was short and persuasive In defense he said the other man started it
9.	An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack He joined the defense against invasion
10.	A structure used to defend against attack The artillery battered down the defenses
11.	A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him He gave evidence for the defense
12.	The act of defending someone or something against attack or injury A good boxer needs a good defense Defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem

Synonyms of defense:

noun	defence, defending team, team, squad
noun	defence, defensive measure, military action, action
noun	defence, defense team, defense lawyers, collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
noun	defence, protection
noun	defensive structure, defence, structure, construction
noun	refutation, defence, answer
noun	defence, vindication, justification
noun	defence, denial, demurrer, due process, due process of law
noun	defence, defense force, defence force, organization, organisation
noun	Department of Defense, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, Defense, DoD, executive department
noun	defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defence, psychoanalytic process, process, unconscious process

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Hyphenator

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