Now, you will observe that treason is not a defence against piracy; nor is good faith in treason a defence against treason, or a defence against piracy.
As for habitual criminals, their anthropological characteristics remind us that we must distinguish between the two crises of their criminal activity, and, as a consequence, between the methods of defence against them.
His arguments were not purely naval, for it was a combined problem, a problem of defence against invasion, that had to be solved.
It was, moreover, on the ubiquity which their numbers gave them, and on their power of dealing with unarmed or lightly armed vessels, that we relied for our first line of defence against invasion.
We speak of it as though it were essentially a method of defence against invasion, and so miss its fuller meaning.
These examples from our history must fully demonstrate the great value of a militia when properly employed as a defence against invasion, and ought to silence the sneers of those who would abolish this arm of defence as utterly useless.
If the frontier of a state contain strong natural or artificial barriers, it may serve not only as a good base for offensive operations, but also as an excellent line of defence against invasion.
But some have said that even these skeletons of military and naval forces are entirely superfluous, and that a brave and patriotic people will make as good a defence against invasion as the most disciplined and experienced.
Homicide in self-defence against a previous aggressor is allowed universally.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "defence against" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
