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01630439-a:
designed for defense from a surface position against air attack
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01630579-a:
defensive against enemy submarines
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01630673-a:
designed for defense against armored vehicles
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01630773-a:
attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
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01630939-a:
(fencing) in a defensive stance
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01628946-a:
for the purpose of attack rather than defense
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00306268-r:
in a defensive manner
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01127795-v:
be on the defensive; act against an attack
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01129876-v:
protect against a challenge or attack
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01887076-a:
intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind
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00457723-n:
an offensive move in a sport or game
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00773814-n:
the act of attacking
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00908099-v:
try to prevent; show opposition to
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00964569-n:
violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
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00972621-n:
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
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01129876-v:
protect against a challenge or attack
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00072068-n:
(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
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00139544-n:
(American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled
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00306268-r:
in a defensive manner
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00464037-n:
the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring
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00494198-a:
being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player
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00558181-n:
(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
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00563823-n:
a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
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00726369-n:
(American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage
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00960851-n:
a defensive effort
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00961001-n:
the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand
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00976085-n:
(American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line
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00976270-n:
(American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated
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01148460-v:
cover with two defensive players
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01630579-a:
defensive against enemy submarines
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01630939-a:
(fencing) in a defensive stance
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02614482-n:
tropical American fishes; males are aggressively defensive of their territory
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02716626-n:
a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles
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02730748-n:
a trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position
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02775689-n:
the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle
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02854378-n:
a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire
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03171910-n:
the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire
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03499468-n:
a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor
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04051825-n:
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
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08304135-n:
a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669
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08429899-n:
the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
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08517010-n:
a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
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09965787-n:
a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers
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10263002-n:
a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen
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