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noun • city in the northern Dominican Republic • a port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center • the capital and largest city of Chile; located in central Chile; one of the largest cities in South America • largest of the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean • a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape | ||||
| 35% | 7 | Resistance against attack, danger or harm; a country’s military forces; the plea of the accused in a lawsuit; or, the action of protecting one’s goal or wicket against the opposition | ||
noun • (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires • (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring • the defendant and his legal advisors collectively • an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack • the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions • the justification for some act or belief • a structure used to defend against attack • a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him • (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies • protection from harm • the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | ||||
| 29% | 9 | Capital city of the Grand Est region in France | ||
noun • French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880) | ||||
Accordingly Protecting Against A Grand Capital City
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SANTIAGO which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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