Sakho and Valencia terrorised opposition defences with their pace and skill.
For months now, rival publishers have been shoring up their defences with sandbags.
Shipping firms have also bolstered their defences with armed guards, razor wire, water cannon and safe rooms.
Is he aware that those long legs can no longer gallop at defences with the ferocity of old?
Whatmore led a project in flood-prone Pickering, north Yorkshire, which saw local people plan new defences with flood modellers.
Vardy scored only five but, on the flip side, unhinged many defences with his relentless movement and bustling.
She became the evangelist for America's ambition to upgrade its own and Nato's nuclear defences with Cruise and Pershing missiles.
But his foster aunt Bella (Rima Te Wiata) breaks down his defences with down-to-earth love and affectionate mockery.
As Gabrielle puts it in the book: "Nick had no outer skin; no defences with which to parlay".
Doumbia is a natural and instinctive striker, who thrives on unsettling defences with his speed, power and direct running style.
Barker, Mendleson and Creek, all under the age of 24, chose to conduct their own defences with a young barrister, Ian McDonald, acting for Greenfield.
