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defense
Noun
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Defense is the process of protecting.
The secretary of defense met with the president at the White House.
Airplanes attacked the Ministry of Defense in Tehran.
Clinton's lawyers will lay out his defense next week.
Police officers can only shoot in self defense or to protect another person's life.
When he was accused, his friends and even some people who have never met him rushed to his defense.
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In a court case, the defense is the person who was accused of a crime together with their lawyer.
His defense lawyers say that Honecker did not shoot the gun.
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The defense is the players who are supposed to stop the other team from scoring points.
I wasn't very satisfied with the play of our offense, but our defense played great.
curl
Noun
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A curl is a piece or lock of curling hair.
She had beautiful golden-brown hair falling in curls on her shoulder.
curl
Verb
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If something curls, it moves in a rounded or spiral shape.
She curled her fingers around the pencil.
Wavy, dark brown hair curled at his shoulders.
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If you curl, you do a sport called curling.
I curl at my local club every weekend.