'To be on the defensive' definitions:
Definition of 'To be on the defensive'
From: GCIDE
- Defensive \De*fen"sive\, n. That which defends; a safeguard. [1913 Webster]
- Wars preventive, upon just fears, are true defensives. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- To be on the defensive, To stand on the defensive, to be or stand in a state or posture of defense or resistance, in opposition to aggression or attack. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To be on the defensive'
- Defense,
- Defenser,
- Defensibility,
- Defensible,
- Defensibleness,
- Defensive,
- Defensively,
- defensative,
- defensiveness,
- Defensive proteid,
- Flank defense,
- To stand on the defensive,
- air defense,
- biological defense,
- bw defense,
- chemical defense,
- civil defense,
- defense attorney,
- defense contractor,
- defense counsel,
- defense department,
- defense force,
- defense laboratory,
- defense lawyer,
- defense lawyers,
- defense mechanism,
- defense policy,
- defense program,
- defense reaction,
- defense secretary,
- defense system,
- defense team,
- defensive attitude,
- defensive gallery,
- defensive measure,
- defensive structure,
- deliberate defense,
- department of defense,
- hasty defense,
- line of defense,
- secretary of defense,
- In self-defense,
- Self-defense,
- Self-defensive,
- active air defense,
- biological warfare defense,
- defense intelligence agency,
- defense logistics agency,
- israeli defense force,
- missile defense system,
- passive air defense,
- anti-takeover defense,
- ballistic missile defense organization,
- defense information systems agency,
- defense reutilization and marketing service,
- defense technical information center,
- department of defense laboratory system,
- united states department of defense,
- basic point defense missile system,
- defense advanced research projects agency,
- united self-defense force of colombia,
- united self-defense group of colombia