List of antonyms from "defendability" to antonyms from "deficient"


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Definition of the day : « defensive »

  • adj protective, watchful
Example sentences :
  • But for the most part one side in battle is on the offensive; the other on the defensive.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • But the Americans and their abettors were not content with defensive law.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • We are not all arrayed in two opposite ranks; the offensive and the defensive.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • I want our Volunteers to be more than a defensive organisation.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • We must act on the defensive this winter, till reinforcements arrive.
  • Extract from : « The Fall of British Tyranny » by John Leacock
  • The Iroquois had shields of hide stretched on hoop for defensive armor.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 » by Various
  • That he fenced only on the defensive, and he wondered what might his motive be.
  • Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
  • And thus you will have at once defensive armour for the shins and stockings for the feet.
  • Extract from : « On Horsemanship » by Xenophon
  • "That's all right," she declared with defensive inconsequence.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • He sprang to his feet, prepared to be instantly on the defensive.
  • Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby