DEFENCE FORCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

Example:

he joined the defense against invasion

Synonyms:

defence; defence force; defense; defense force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("defence force" is a kind of...):

organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "defence force"):

bastion (a group that defends a principle)