Words similar to self-defense

Example sentences for: self-defense

How can you use “self-defense” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Republicans targeted for defeat may harness the same techniques in self-defense.
Shaolin now provides movie sets for film crews as well as schools for domestic and foreign classes in self-defense.
Microsoft has used the image of its competitors' political influence to portray its own lobbying as "self-defense."
The term “murder” implies a prohibition only against unjustified killing, implying the permissibility of killing in self-defense.
Cage has been incarcerated, Rambo-like, for killing in self-defense.