That is the saying there is a percentage chance that your defenses will rebuild. Basically the attacker may have "killed" some defenses but they may rebuild.... not all of them but a possible percentage.
Just when you thought your were in control... I proved you wrong!
i think that the wording sounds like you have a chance of losing all of the defense but in reality 70% will rebuild, so it should say you only lose 30% of your turrets if you lose a battle, or 30% of the destroyed turrets in any battle