obramba
1. obramba, ubranitev strela, ubranitev gola
(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring [(šport) dejanje, ki preprečuje nasprotniku dosego gola]
2. obramba, obrambni položaj
a posture of defence in boxing or fencing [drža obrambe v boksu ali mečevanju]
3. upravičevanje, zagovor, obramba
the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc. [dejanje opravičevanja ali obrambe pred kritiko ali grajo ipd.]
4. obramba
a structure used to defend against attack [struktura, ki jo uporabljamo za obrambo pred napadom]
5. zagovor, obramba, apologija
a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly [formalna pisna obramba nečesa, v kar trdno verjamete]
6. obramba, odpor
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack [organizacija branilcev, ki se upirajo napadom]
7. obramba
(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles [(ameriški nogomet) položaj na črti za napadom med srednjim napadalcem in blokerjema]
8. obramba
the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage [oseba, ki se postavi med centrom in napadalcema na liniji začetka igrišča v ameriškem nogometu]
9. obramba
the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team [oseba, ki igra vlogo varnostnika v košarkarski ekipi]
10. defenziva, obramba
an attitude of defensiveness [drža obrambnosti]
11. obramba, zagovor
the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims [glavna odgovorilna beseda s strani toženca v odziv na tožnikovo tožbo; v kazenskem pravu vsebuje besede 'kriv' ali 'nekriv' (ali nolo contendere), v civilnem pravu pa mora vsebovati zanikanja vseh trditev tožbe, ki jih toženec želi spodbijati, in lahko vsebuje pozitivne obrambe ali protiobtožbe.]
12. obramba, zaščita
protection from harm [zaščita pred škodo]