defense mechanism
Example Sentences
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Experts say rattlesnakes typically don’t bite unless they feel threatened and use their bite as a defense mechanism.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
For Divon, Pallywood is less a conspiracy theory than a psychological defense mechanism.
From Slate • May 30, 2025
My greatest fears began to unfold as I crept back into the only defense mechanism I’ve ever known.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2024
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids likely first evolved as a defense mechanism in plants, which then became a commodity for moths.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024
We had created this idea of ourselves as a defense mechanism to survive in the world we were living in.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
