"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
2. defensive guard = niechętny strażnik defensive guard
4. defensive precaution = obronny środek ostrożności defensive precaution
  • German preparations would require at least a few weeks, but all defensive precautions were made with an extreme sense of urgency.
  • That would have been only fifty-some years before; recent enough to justify any defensive precautions on Colum's part.
  • She had also eliminated a host of enemies immediately after seizing power, taking such action as a defensive precaution.
  • "We have taken only defensive precautions," Defense Minister Husnu Dogan said in an interview.
  • Yes, we did, but those don't seem to me like adequate defensive precautions.
  • We wrapped up our session by planning those defensive precautions we'd undertake over the course of the next two days in order to "protect our own."
  • It would be foolish to ignore the obvious signs of recession at home and not take the necessary defensive precautions.
  • Holroyd drew a deep breath, said, 'If your defensive precautions are at all nor- mal, you won't have to worry.'
  • But the chief reason for the failure to take defensive precautions appears to have been that the British command severely underestimated the Zulu capabilities.
  • The ground floor is fairly complete with vaulted accommodation, with two guard rooms, each having a single door; a typical defensive precaution of the time.
(15) coach, preparation, deployment
Kolokacji: 3
(17) perimeter, coverage, depth
Kolokacji: 3
(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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