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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.
threat
Noun
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A threat is something or someone that might be bad or dangerous, or cause a problem.
The product posed a serious health threat and should not be used.
She sensed the threat of rain in the bleary sky.
There appears to be a credible terrorist threat against the plane.
Iraq poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States.
I looked about to make sure there were no immediate threats to my life.
Countries that face no serious external military threats should have no military forces.
Canadian social policies are not widely perceived to be under threat.
Increasing water shortages constitute the single greatest threat to the area.
Unemployed workers could become a threat to social stability.
We have a responsibility to alert the public to the potential health threat.
The government no long sees him as a security threat.
We must confront this threat sooner rather than later.
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A threat is the words somebody uses to tell you they will do something bad to you unless you do what they want you to.
He made a lot of threats, but he didn't do anything.
reduction
Noun
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A reduction is how much something is reduced.
There was a 5% reduction in prices at the clothing store during the sale.
agency
Noun
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An agency is a group of people called agents working together, or a place where agents work.
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# An agency is a company (business) which usually represents other people. The people at the agency work as agents to represent (stand for) their customers.
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#:Our agency works to help people find jobs in music.
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# Agency is a company that does something specific.
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#:Our ad agency has made advertisements for many important businesses.
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# An agency is a certain part of a government.
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#:He works for the real CIA, the actual Central Intelligence Agency.
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Agency is the ability to do something.