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| 99% | 8 | Exact Match! | ||
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 | ||||
| 32% | 6 | An aphetic form of a word for protection, used to describe barriers, palings or railings for bounding, enclosing or protecting land | ||
noun • a barrier that serves to enclose an area • a dealer in stolen property verb • enclose with a fence • receive stolen goods • fight with fencing swords • surround with a wall in order to fortify • have an argument about something | ||||
| 28% | 8 | Removes protection for privates and retrieves mission data | ||
verb • put someone through a debriefing and make him report | ||||
Maybe Removes Barriers As Means Of Protection
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DEFENCES which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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DEFENCES
Updated: September 1, 2025
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| Telegraph Cryptic14 Apr 2025 | Down 17 | |
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