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Example sentences for: defensive

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The Ottoman admiral bypassed the defensive chain by having his ships dragged overland under cover of darkness, opening a second attack.
If labor were less defensive and insular and better embedded in a larger reform movement, it might be more motivated to address its own shortcomings.
Now the national state becomes defensive against the international onrush of capital, currency, commodity, and even demographic flows.
Built as part of a new outer defensive wall in 1512 it originally had a flat roof — the ornate peak giving it such panache was added by de Keyser later in 1606.
ATIRCM/CMWS is a defensive countermeasure system for protection against infrared guided missiles.