Related Words for defensive

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apologetic
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Adjective
justificatory
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Adjective, Adjective
protective
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Adjective, Adjective
antiaircraft
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Adjective, Adjective
antitank
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Adjective, Adjective
defending
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Adjective, Adjective, Verb
offensive
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Noun, Noun
defense
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Noun
defence
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Noun
defenders
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Noun
combative
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Adjective
aggressive
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Adjective
offense
x/
Noun
rearguard
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Noun
reactionary
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Adjective
attacking
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Verb
diplomatic
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Adjective
hostile
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Adjective
guard
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Noun
cautionary
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Adjective
hard
/
Adjective
jealous
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Adjective
adversarial
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Adjective
armored
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Name
repellent
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Noun
wary
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Adjective
private
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Adjective
martial
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Noun
furtive
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Adjective
military
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Noun
conservatory
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Noun
intimidating
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Verb
mailed
/
Verb
vigilant
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Adjective
glassed
/
Adjective
bellicose
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Adjective
warlike
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Adjective
vindictive
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Adjective
decorative
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Adjective
tactical
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Adjective
tough
/
Adjective
lined
/
Adjective
stealthy
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Adjective
walled
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Adjective
inhibited
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Verb
fearful
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Adjective
pugnacious
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Adjective
masked
/
Adjective
insular
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Name
sinister
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Adjective
doughty
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Noun
chivalrous
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Adjective
orienting
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Verb
lineman
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Noun
burying
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Noun
tackle
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Noun
pessimists
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Noun
lob
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Noun
perimeter
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Noun
crouch
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Noun
outfielder
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Noun
backs
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Noun
minefields
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Noun
earthworks
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Noun
posture
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Noun
armament
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Noun
catcher
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Noun
armour
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Noun
coordinator
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Noun
maneuvers
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Noun
cordon
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Noun
jihad
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Noun
puts
/
Verb
fortifications
xxx/x
Noun
alliance
x/x
Noun
coping
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Verb, Noun
rampart
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Noun
avoidance
x/x
Noun
firepower
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Noun
rebound
x/
Noun
manoeuvre
x/
Noun
tactics
/x
Noun
pessimism
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Noun
driving
/x
Noun
ditches
/x
Noun
countermeasures
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Noun
player
/x
Noun
thrown
/
Verb
stance
/
Noun
shield
/
Noun
positions
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Noun
bulwark
/x
Noun
routines
x/
Noun
deployments
x/x
Noun
pact
/
Noun
reappraisal
xx/x
Noun
forced
/
Verb
denials
x/x
Noun
weaponry
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Noun
sufficiency
x/xx
Noun
attribution
xx/x
Noun
reflex
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Noun
weapon
/x
Noun
sounding
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Verb
coach
/
Noun
splitting
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Noun
strategy
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Noun
accommodative
x/xxx
Adjective
advocacy
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Noun
clumsy
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Adjective, Noun
coercive
x/x
Adjective
common
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
conservative
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Adjective, Noun
cornerstone
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Noun
counterrevolutionary
xxxx/xxx
Adjective, Noun
devoid
x/
Adjective, Verb
dissidence
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Noun
diversionary
x/xxx
Adjective
dod
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Name, Verb
efficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
essentials
x/x
Noun
fence
/
Noun, Verb
fielding
/x
Noun
finer
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Noun
football
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Noun, Verb
foothold
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Noun
foundation
x/x
Noun
fragmentation
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Noun
groundwork
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Noun
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
literary
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Adjective
manipulative
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
natural
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
passive
/x
Adjective, Noun
personal
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Adjective, Noun
policing
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Noun
precautionary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
preparedness
x/xx
Noun
preventative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
preventive
x/x
Noun, Adjective
proactive
//x
Adjective
protection
x/x
Noun
protectionist
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
punitive
/xx
Adjective
regulative
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Adjective
repressive
x/x
Adjective
retaliatory
x/xxx
Adjective
suppressive
x/x
Adjective
tender
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun