defence force

collocation in English

meaningsofdefenceandforce

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defence
noun
uk
/dɪˈfens/us
/dɪˈfens/
the act of protecting someone or something against attack or ...
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force
noun
uk
/fɔːs/us
/fɔːrs/
physical, especially violent, strength, ...
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(Definition ofdefenceandforcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has a unique ability to be a localdefenceforce.
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To go in for an immensedefenceforcemust simply weaken the regular army.
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It has since been steadily robbed as a field force in order to create an anti-aircraftdefenceforce.
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Such provision will be essential if we are to create a civildefenceforcethat will be effective, should the need arise.
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The majority of them—about 2,500—are forced to fight with the rebels and the rest are recruited by the civildefenceforce.
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The corollary of the stay-put strategy is that the population has no conceivable protection, however much the civildefenceforceis expanded.
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That gap is the need to strengthen our home defences through the creation of an effective volunteer civildefenceforce.
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That may satisfy the expeditionary force, but, obviously, some new system will have to be devised for the homedefenceforce.
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This would have solved the recruiting problems both of the armoured squadron and of the homedefenceforce.
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I served throughout the war in an integrateddefenceforce.
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If you are going to take care of that problem, you must have a first-ratedefenceforceto do it.
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You can train people to fight as individuals or you can train people to fight as adefenceforce.
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Did this give us a properdefenceforce?
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However, there are some who talk in terms of creating a kind of self-generateddefenceforce—separate entirely from the military and police forces.
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It is less than six months ago that we were called upon to raise adefenceforceof 60,000 or 70,000 men.
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The big under-expenditure referred to is due to two causes, first of all the slowing down of the expansion programme for the homedefenceforce.
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Will there be thedefenceforcenecessary to protect the rigs?
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I must say a word here on the proposals for a localdefenceforce.
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We are discussing not the need for thedefenceforce, but whether it should be more than 4,000 men.
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I warmly welcome what has been achieved already in terms of expanding the territorials and creating the home servicedefenceforce.
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