Definitions for self-defense

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self-defense self-de·fense

Spelling: [self-di-fens, self-]

IPA: /ˈsɛlf dɪˈfɛns, ˌsɛlf-/

Self-Defense is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in self-defense (-deeeefflnss).

Definitions for self-defense

noun

1. the act of defending one's person when physically attacked, as by countering blows or overcoming an assailant:
2. a claim or plea that the use of force or injuring or killing another was necessary in defending one's own person from physical attack:
3. an act or instance of defending or protecting one's own interests, property, ideas, etc., as by argument or strategy.

Origin of self-defense

First recorded in 1645-55

Examples for self-defense

The modern air forces built by autocratic Arab monarchies are designed primarily for self-defense, not attack.

I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.

Jake had a gun, and Mink is able to prove that he shot in self-defense.

From a struggle for self-defense this has become a war of conquest.

She said she believes Wilson acted in self-defense, but if she were convinced otherwise, she would close down her support group.

We did not wish to shoot them, but they forced us to do so in self-defense.

And, in self-defense, he was forced into a survey of his own riding-breeches.

Exceptions are granted for self-defense, or when the U.N. Security Council specifically authorizes it.

As for Farley—you of course had to shoot him, in self-defense.

The fliers, Ancona explained, are meant to educate people on what rights they legally have to use lethal force in self-defense.