( BrE ) ( AmE self-defense ) noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ collective
▪ legitimate
VERB + SELF-DEFENCE
▪ learn
▪
The women learn ~ to protect themselves.
▪ plead
▪
At his trial he will plead ~.
SELF-DEFENCE/SELF-DEFENSE + NOUN
▪ class , group
▪ technique
▪ instructor , teacher
PREPOSITION
▪ for ~
▪
I own a gun for ~.
▪ in ~
▪
He told police that he had acted in ~.
▪ ~ against
▪
~ against armed assailants
PHRASES
▪ an act of ~
▪ the art of ~
▪ the right of ~