Sentence examples for act of defense from inspiring English sources

He said an attack on Iraq "would be less easily understood as an act of defense and could destroy the international alliance against terror".

His goalie, Victor Valdés, had just one act of defense to perform, a remarkably agile double-save when Chelsea's lone forward, Didier Drogba, burst through.

However, in rare cases, a group of dolphins may chase a single predatory shark away in an act of defense.

American officials described the shooting as an act of self defense.

Through that lens, blocking Western content and Western companies is an act of national defense.

rape she does should not have be made to bear a child resulting from that violation of her person and therefore abortion is an act of self defense.

The N.S.A. calls its efforts more an act of "active defense" against foreign cyberattacks than a tool to go on the offensive.

Under a presidential directive updated by President Obama in 2011, only the president himself can authorize the use of an American cyberweapon, unless it is being used in an act of pure defense of national targets.

This was an act of self defense.

Consequently, the Court determined that under Minnesota law the defendant's "Act of God" defense precluded any liability.

Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watch volunteer, claimed he shot Martin in an act of self defense.