Defensive
Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor.
Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war.
In a state or posture of defense.
That which defends; a safeguard.
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Defensive Quotations
Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.
Barack Obama
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.
Harry S. Truman
I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come.
Jose Mourinho
I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
Robert Burns
It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.
Evel Knievel
Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
Francesca Annis
It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter.
Steve Nash
The Berlin Defence suited my strategy for the match. I had a defensive strategy - Actually, I had in my pocket some other sharper stuff to fall back on - but first I wanted to try the defensive strategy with Black and it worked so well.
Vladimir Kramnik
If I become defensive and upset right away, then that's going to adversely affect how I deal with it and it's probably not going to be good press for me and probably be bad just because I'm angry. Just be open and pleasant.
Brandon Routh
Defensive Translations
defensive in German is defensiv
defensive in Norwegian is defensiv, i forsvar
defensive in Spanish is defensivo
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