defense force
10
3.8
- noun
- /dɪˈfɛns fɔrs/
- US
:
fuerza de defensa
- The national defense force is responsible for protecting the country from external threats.
- self-defense forces
- civil defense force
- Japan's defense forces
And it was not an Israeli Defense Forces missile that hit them.
- And it was not an Israeli Defense Forces missile that hit them.
- One of the things will be whether there was firing from the helicopters before any Israeli Defence Force people landed on the deck.
- The Israeli, the Israel Defense Forces, Israel's military can go into any square inch of any part of the West Bank anytime they want and arrest anyone they want.
- No, the big rabbi of IDF, of Israeli Defence Forces.
- And you have to cross through a number of checkpoints, IDF checkpoints, Israel Defence Force.
- Some people say it was a failed IDF, Israeli defensive force, Israeli Defence Force interceptor missile from the Iron Dome that failed and failed too early.
Examples
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Greece is currently engaged in a five-year, $8 billion upgrade of its defense forces.
Academic text (1998) -
More significantly, during a 1-2 August 2005 meeting in Kuala Lumpur, the chiefs of the defense forces of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand agreed on steps to enhance the security of the straits.
Academic text (2005) -
If we are not at the forefront of manufacturing technology, how can we maintain a defense force, which is critical for us?
Academic text (2001) -
Over seventy nations have joined the united defense force, which hopes to push them back once and for all.
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I would like to see our defense forces restricted to the job of defending our territory from foreign armies.
Blog text (11) -
Iran's abilities to confront challenges from the outside world were limited in spite of its modern defense force.
Academic text (2007) -
The strategic relationship became increasingly close, including considerable, if unpublicized, cooperation between the defense forces of the two nations in such areas as joint naval operations.
Academic text (1991) -
During the British mandate, the core created a broad-based defense force, the Haganah, consisting of mostly part-timers.
Academic text (2004) -
Finally, although Japan's defense force remains relatively small, with 240,000 troops, its $44 billion budget is the world's fifth-largest.
Academic text (2007) -
The Eastern Caribbean Regional Security Service (RSS) successfully integrates police and defense force units from seven English-speaking states.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
∞
2.3
An organized group of people like soldiers or police
∞
1.0
Trained soldiers of a country who fight on land
∞
2.7
A group of soldiers who fight for and protect a country
190
2.3
The military groups of a country, like the army, navy and air force
156
3.2
A group of soldiers organized to protect or fight for a country
9
3.0
The military groups of a country, like the army, navy, and air force
Antonyms
How Strong
5
4.3
190
2.3
5
3.7
- US
10
3.8
553
5.8
- US
9
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an organized group responsible for defending a country' is directly and compositionally derived from 'defense' (protection) + 'force' (a trained group). This straightforward noun–noun combination is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Defense force comes from a simple picture: a trained force and the word defense, meaning to 'protect' people or land. So today defense force means an organized armed group that defends a country and often 'helps' in emergencies.