"defense" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defense sustantivo

sustantivo + defense
Kolokacji: 83
air defense • missile defense • zone defense • title defense • self defense • insanity defense • pass defense • run defense • ...
defense + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 175
defense lawyer • Defense Department • Defense Minister • defense attorney • Defense Secretary • Defense Ministry • defense team • ...
defense + verbo
Kolokacji: 85
defense allows • defense holds • defense argues • defense plays • defense makes • defense says • defense takes • defense forces • ...
verbo + defense
Kolokacji: 76
play defense • provide defense • come to one's defense • say in one's defense • strengthen one's defenses • penetrate one's defenses • ...
adjetivo + defense
Kolokacji: 178
national defense • legal defense • best defense • strong defense • successful defense • only defense • good defense • civil defense • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 51
(1) national, local, domestic
Kolokacji: 3
1. best defense = najlepsza obrona best defense
2. solid defense = solidna obrona solid defense
3. better defense = lepsza obrona better defense
4. bruising defense = obrona stłuczenia bruising defense
  • Famous for their bruising defense and stubborn interior play, the Hoosiers hung out at the 3-point line Thursday night and took down the Gonzaga Bulldogs from long range, 70-57.
  • His extra punch on offense, and the Steelers' bruising defense, buoyed by a league-leading 15 interceptions, have put Pittsburgh in the playoff hunt for good.
  • DEFENSE - Whatever edge the 49ers have offensively, the Bears can match with its bruising defense.
  • It seems to happen almost every season: the Ravens reach the postseason because of their bruising defense and a competent, if unspectacular, offense.
  • Mr. Hatch, who became a national figure with a bruising defense of Clarence Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court, has been a point man for lambasting Democrats on ethics issues.
  • The Jets have a potentially ideal situation that rests on Carter giving his team a lethal quarterback combination to go with a crushing ground game and a bruising defense coming into its own.
  • Like big brother or big sister who keeps the bully at bay, the Giants' bruising defense swatted Washington back whenever it got a bit too close and the Giants escaped with a pleasant season-opening victory.
  • As it is, the Knicks are tough enough to beat when they combine their bruising defense with their standard 45-percent shooting.
  • The most persistent comments about the game centered on how long it would take the Oilers' bruising defense to get to Joe Montana, Kansas City's veteran quarterback, and possibly knock him out of the game.
  • However, despite a periodically shaky offensive performance before the 142d consecutive sellout at Notre Dame Stadium, a bruising Irish defense overwhelmed Kansas.
(6) only, affirmative, defiant
Kolokacji: 3
(8) civil, military, civilian
Kolokacji: 3
(10) aggressive, hard-hitting
Kolokacji: 2
(18) tough, formidable, rugged
Kolokacji: 3
(19) new, young
Kolokacji: 2
(23) Iraqi, Indian, Japanese
Kolokacji: 3
(25) Soviet, Russian
Kolokacji: 2
(26) limited, overall
Kolokacji: 2
(30) top-ranked, second-ranked
Kolokacji: 2
(31) porous, leaky
Kolokacji: 2
(32) possible, hard-nosed
Kolokacji: 2
(33) real, proper
Kolokacji: 2
(34) fierce, ferocious
Kolokacji: 2
(35) final, last-ditch
Kolokacji: 2
(37) staunch, credible, reliable
Kolokacji: 3
(38) mandatory, indigent
Kolokacji: 2
(39) territorial, dominant
Kolokacji: 2
(41) stellar, major
Kolokacji: 2
(43) British, Irish
Kolokacji: 2
(44) eloquent, second-team
Kolokacji: 2
(45) Israeli, Korean
Kolokacji: 2
(47) automatic, shaky
Kolokacji: 2
(48) perfect, complete, third-down
Kolokacji: 3
(49) elaborate, detailed
Kolokacji: 2
(50) naval, positional
Kolokacji: 2
(51) immunological, psychiatric
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + defense
Kolokacji: 20
of Defense • on defense • in defense • to one's defense • against one's defense • ...

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