The phrase "as a self defence" is not correct in written English; it should be "as self-defense" or "in self-defense." You can use it when discussing actions taken to protect oneself from harm or danger.
Example: "He claimed that he acted as self-defense when he pushed the attacker away."
Alternatives: "in self-defense" or "for self-protection."
This article was amended on 7 April 2016 to correctly identify the Japanese military as a self-defence force.
The diversity of Hinduism Reprints Related items The diversity of HinduismApr 2nd 1998The BJP traces its origins to 1925, when the RSS began as a self-defence force to protect Hindus in riots.
It looks like a regular torch and is advertised on Amazon.co.uk as a "self-defence flashlight", but flick a switch and the Guard Dog Security Diablo transforms into a powerful stun gun.
They had been with the Anti-Balaka armed group, which was created as a "self-defence" militia against the mostly Muslim Ex-Seleka group that briefly seized power in 2013 in CAR.
The anti-apoptotic system may thus act in connection with the oxidation of the chlorogenic acid as a self-defence mechanism.
It is proposed that plu3567-3561 enzymes enzymes for the biosynthesis of a thus far unknown antibiotic that is used as a self-defence mechanism by P. luminescens for selecting against competing microbes during the infection of the insect host.
(Resp6) For preceptors characterized as tyrants, learning was a self-defence mechanism, driven by a performance avoid goal orientation.
A self-defence member known as Mi Rey holds his assault riffle as his truck arrives at La Huacana.
The first negative thing is that the Israelis will be able to claim self defence as an excuse for their aggression, which as an occupying force they are unable to do.
Alongside cataloguing the police persecution meted out to Kelly and his family and justifying the killing of three policemen in a forest ambush as self defence, the letter demanded justice for the poor and downtrodden.
There is, as Peltier points out, the interesting question of how long a man can be jailed for aiding and abetting what a court has already recognised as an act of self defence.
