"defensive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defensive adjetivo

defensive + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 222
defensive end • defensive coordinator • defensive player • defensive position • defensive line • defensive lineman • defensive back • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 46
(3) player, MVP
Kolokacji: 2
(15) coach, preparation, deployment
Kolokacji: 3
(17) perimeter, coverage, depth
Kolokacji: 3
1. defensive battle = obronna bitwa defensive battle
3. defensive war = wojna obronna defensive war
  • 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.
(24) move, approach, driving
Kolokacji: 3
(26) front, presence
Kolokacji: 2
(28) formation, backfield
Kolokacji: 2
(31) starter, rookie
Kolokacji: 2
(35) barrier, stopper, barricade
Kolokacji: 3
(36) Smith, Williams
Kolokacji: 2
(38) ditch, trench, moat
Kolokacji: 3
(39) medicine, penalty
Kolokacji: 2
(41) record, signal, showing
Kolokacji: 3
(42) breakdown, victory, collapse
Kolokacji: 3
(43) problem, huddle
Kolokacji: 2
(45) standout, baseman
Kolokacji: 2
(46) call, reason, option
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + defensive
Kolokacji: 5
play defensive • sound defensive • feel defensive • become defensive • grow defensive
adverbio + defensive
Kolokacji: 13
purely defensive • somewhat defensive • strictly defensive • slightly defensive • essentially defensive • ...
defensive + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
defensive about • defensive in • defensive of

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