| ADJECTIVE | all | defensive | intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack / attack / attack |
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| all | defensive, justificative, justificatory | attempting to justify or defend in speech / speech or writing | |
| NOUN | cognition | defensive, defensive attitude | an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase 'on the defensive') |
| Sounds | dihfeh'nsihv | |
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| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | Intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack / attack / attack. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | antiaircraft | designed for defense from a surface position against air attack |
| antisubmarine | defensive against enemy submarines | |
| antitank | designed for defense against armored vehicles | |
| defending | attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring | |
| en garde | (fencing) in a defensive stance | |
| See also | protective | Intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind |
| Opposite | offensive | For the purpose of attack / attack rather than defense |
| Spanish | defensivo | |
| Adverbs | defensively | in a defensive manner |
| Verbs | defend | be on the defensive |
| defend | protect against a challenge or attack / attack / attack | |
| Meaning | attempting to justify or defend in speech / speech or writing. | |
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| Synonyms | justificative, justificatory | |
| Broader | apologetic, excusatory | offering or expressing apology |
| Spanish | defensivo, justificador, justificante | |
| Catalan | defensiu, defensor, justificador, justificant | |
| Nouns | defensive | an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase 'on the defensive') |
| Adverbs | defensively | in an apologetic and defensive manner |
| Verbs | defend | state or assert |
| defend | fight against or resist strongly | |
| Meaning | An attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase 'on the defensive'). | |
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| Synonym | defensive attitude | |
| Broader | attitude, mental attitude | A complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways / ways |
| Spanish | actitud defensiva, defensiva | |
| Catalan | actitud defensiva, defensiva | |
| Adjectives | defensive | attempting to justify or defend in speech / speech or writing |
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