CHEMICAL DEFENSE Synonyms

• (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms

• the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms

• an action taken to offset another action

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• tending to deter

• the state of not being susceptible

• (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

• the quality of being unaffected by something

• an act exempting someone

• the activity of protecting someone or something

• a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

• defense against financial failure; financial independence

• the condition of being protected

• kindly endorsement and guidance

• the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition

• payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

• the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

• any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

• a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

• the military action of resisting the enemy's advance

• (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

• the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

• a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

• the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)

• (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

• an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

• group action in opposition to those in power

• a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

• a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war

• make safe

• escort safely

• procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using chemical agents