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self-defense

[ US /ˌsɛɫfdɪˈfɛns/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of defending yourself

How To Use self-defense In A Sentence

  • Karlovic's commentary ranges from self-deprecation to self-defense to heckling of other tennis Tweeters to absurdism. Words of Wisdom Provided by Dr. Ivo
  • No consideration was given to the fact that most Apache hostilities were self-defense or retaliation, and that they'd first been raided by the New Mexicans.
  • The United States says Davis acted in self-defense and is a diplomat who should be released immediately under international conventions.
  • I will limit myself to noting that the legal answer is, in my view, yes — but how you get to yes differs depending upon whether you think this particular targeting is in an armed conflict in a strict legal sense, or whether you think it is an act of legitimate self-defense, as the Legal Adviser referenced in his ASIL speech. The Volokh Conspiracy » Opinio Juris Discussions of Targeting of US Citizen
  • Privately he thanked me, knowing I could have killed him in the name of self-defense. Blue Rage, Black Redemption
  • This does not exclude the right of justified self-defense of individuals or communities.
  • Natalie had done a little of everything, from arcane self-defense disciplines and sweat lodges to feng shui and jazz dancing. AMERICAN GODS
  • But when Tabu-Tabu put up his hands after the most approved method of self-defense and dropped into a "crouch, Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates
  • When the number of slaves becomes so great that the master can not profitably employ them, he manumits them in self-defense. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject
  • And if the evidence for charges relating to his hostile acts indicates that he was acting in self-defense, then his conduct is as justifiable as would be an assault on a police officer who commits an unprovoked attack on a person. Balkinization
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