line of defence
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflineanddefence
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line
noun
uk/laɪn/us/laɪn/
a long, thin mark on the surface ...
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defence
noun
uk/dɪˈfens/us/dɪˈfens/
the act of protecting someone or something against attack or ...
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(Definition oflineanddefencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofline of defence
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Microglia are innate immune cells and form the firstlineofdefenceof the central nervous system.
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The latter also ensure that agents are properly authenticated and therefore present a firstlineofdefenceagainst malicious agents in open multi-agent systems.
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However, if epistemically constrained analyses of truth are not cogent, then thislineofdefenceis not available to the non-realist.
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But so long as the charges on rearmament and the ' progressive ' consensus against interwar domestic policies remained strong, thislineofdefencehad little purchase.
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The ideal became a universalistic welfare state in which public organisations run by professional experts should act as the firstlineofdefence.
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It seems that land was a firstlineofdefenceagainst pauperism, and access to it was widespread.
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This, the two military men believed, provided a shorter and more securelineofdefencefor the colony.
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An air space placed behind the sealed outer weathershield can provide a secondlineofdefenceif a joint should fail and water penetrates.
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The pattern of political and social power in the country was about to change, and privatisation was the old guard's first strategiclineofdefence.
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A secondlineofdefenceincorporates strong intervention, and it may have more to offer.
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Platelet aggregation is the firstlineofdefenceto avoid blood loss during tissue injury.
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The judge rejected thislineofdefence.
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The firstlineofdefencefor the aged poor of good character should be voluntary aid, coupled with an assurance of adequate public assistance to support them at home.
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The pericarp, the hard outer fruit tissue, is the firstlineofdefencein protecting lotus fruits from the ravages of ageing over hundreds of years of burial.
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When your fundamental outlook has been shaken and overturned, when your values have been proved false, you tighten your grip on myth as a lastlineofdefence.
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B ut the postmodern condition of fragmentation has not been kind to archaeology in that its finallineofdefence, exclusive interpreter of the past, has now been overthrown.
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I have arranged for a supply of vaccine to be available for a vaccination programme as a secondlineofdefenceshould this become inevitable.
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