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defense
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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.
transportation
Noun
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Transportation is the system or vehicles used to move people or things from one place to another.
In most of Canada, the main form of transportation is the family car.
The public transportation system in Tokyo is a mixture of busses and above- and below-ground trains.
The company is trying to reduce transportation costs by sending more goods by boat rather than airplane.
administration
Noun
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The administration are the people who run and organise an organisation such as a business or government.
In short, the administration does not actually know why it wants a space station.
The Bush administration has one of the worst records of any American government.