"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 • ...
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 • ...
(1) purely, strictly
Kolokacji: 2
(2) somewhat, slightly, overly
Kolokacji: 3
(4) fiercely, extremely
Kolokacji: 2
1. fiercely defensive = strasznie obronny fiercely defensive
  • During the breeding season from mid May to August, it is strongly territorial and fiercely defensive to interlopers.
  • As he watched them he became fiercely defensive.
  • Both are fiercely defensive of their husbands and forbid Surya to say anything negative about them.
  • It is one of the most aggressive terns, fiercely defensive of its nest and young.
  • Like all white terns, it is fiercely defensive of its nest and young.
  • She froze in an attitude that had something fiercely defensive about it.
  • His reaction was fiercely defensive.
  • In return, Goddumaru is fiercely defensive of her and strives to protect her from harm.
  • Now the Velcro seemed to be covering Fox's own shop and he became fiercely defensive.
  • The fiercely defensive Commissioner only went so far.
2. extremely defensive = niezwykle obronny extremely defensive
defensive + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
defensive about • defensive in • defensive of

Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.