"defensive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Our defensive fighting was relying increasingly on mines to take the place of weakened or missing lines.
- The Flandern found itself in the Soviet line of advance, and saw heavy defensive fighting against relentless attacks which lasted until late February.
- The defensive fighting on August 20 required using the reserves at the frequently changing danger spots.
- Listen, we've been engaged in heavy defensive fighting here for weeks; we haven't had time to give it a thought.
- After a few days of heavy defensive fighting we were outflanked on the left and in the evening of 18 November pulled out.
- The prospect of seeing Normandy again and the scenes of our heavy defensive fighting appealed to me.
- It was easy to see why the scarred face was the sign of their craft; there was no defensive fighting whatever.
- After almost a year at front, in the autumn of 1944, the 384th was surrounded and then completely destroyed in defensive fighting near the city Kishinev.
- Donlan wasn't eager any more; he'd been through enough of the tough defensive fighting outside Chi- cago to be sure his number could come up.
- Maybe Tzikas was right; in his stand at Amorion, he had shown himself a master of defensive fighting.
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