The
action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
(team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
(team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
Gift it
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=1182&author=Virgil"e=++Harsh+necessity%2C+and+the+newness+of+my+kingdom%2C+force+me+to+do+such+things+and+to+guard+my+frontiers+everywhere.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=1177&author=John Dryden"e=++Self-defense+is+Nature%27s+eldest+law.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F158%2FJohn_Dryden_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=1178&author=John Foster Dulles"e=++Our+capacity+to+retaliate+must+be%2C+and+is%2C+massive+in+order+to+deter+all+forms+of+aggression.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F2103%2FJohn+Foster+Dulles_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=1179&author=Captain James"e=++They+say+that+the+best+defense+is+offense%2C+and+I+intend+to+start+offending+right+now.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F2218%2FCaptain+James_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=1180&author=Proverb"e=++Attack+is+the+best+form+of+defense.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=1181&author=Ronald Reagan"e=++We%27re+in+greater+danger+today+than+we+were+the+day+after+Pearl+Harbor.+Our+military+is+absolutely+incapable+of+defending+this+country.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F234%2FRonald_Reagan_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=18510&author=P J O Rourke"e=++There%27s+no+telling+what+might+have+happened+to+our+defense+budget+if+Saddam+Hussein+hadn%27t+invaded+Kuwait+that+August+and+set+everyone+gearing+up+for+World+War+II.+Can+we+count+on+Saddam+Hussein+to+come+along+every+year+and+resolve+our+defense-policy+debates%3F+Given+the+history+of+the+Middle+East%2C+it%27s+possible.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F2219%2FP++J+O+Rourke_64x64.png){kind=link}