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defensive

English

  1. 🔊 intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
    “defensive weapons”
  2. 🔊 attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
  3. 🔊 an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')

Spanish

  1. 🔊 defensiva defensive
  2. 🔊 defensivo defensive

Similar words

defensive attitude justificative justificatory covering custodial defending fostering guardian guarding immunizing parental preventive prophylactic protecting protective safeguarding screening self-defensive self-preservative self-protective sheltering shielding tutelary vigilant