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Definition of Defence force
1. Noun. An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack. "He joined the defense against invasion"
Generic synonyms: Organisation, Organization
Specialized synonyms: Bastion
Derivative terms: Defend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defence Force
Literary usage of Defence force
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"At the end of 1961, the Maritime Self defence force had 18 destroyers (4 cx-US),
... The Ground Self defence force Is broadly organized into 12 divisions ..."
2. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"Considered with reference to origin, the National defence force requires to be
distinguished into two branches—the Radical and the ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1905)
"He does not regard our home- defence force as a serious obstacle to the conquest
of this country, and he simply does not consider the possibility of ..."
4. Europe at War: A "red Book" of the Greatest War of History; why and how (1914)
"... TRAINING THE defence force WHOSE DUTY IT IS TO REPEL INVASION CLOSING A BRITISH
PORT TO FOREIGN WARSHIPS THESE HUGE BOOMS, MADE OF HEAVY TIMBERS ABOUT ..."
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