Synonyms for on the defensive
on the de·fen·sive

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1. on the defensiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   on the attack

2. on the defensiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   on the attack

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1. David B. Kopel:

   [I]f society acknowledges that handguns have significant defensive value and can help save the lives of police officers and security guards, how can society deny that handguns can also help save the lives of other people?

2. Deanna Harrington:

   Flames were coming from both the front and back of the structure, and crews had to use a defensive strategy.

3. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk:

   Why we are asking for increased defense capabilities of Ukraine? It's not for the offensive operation. This is for the defensive operation, to get peace you have to defend your country and you have to deter Russia, not allowing Russian troops to move further and further.

4. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

   No way, we should not allow them to infiltrate security and defensive installations.

5. President Barack Obama:

   I'm frankly surprised that it held this long, given that they were not prohibited by sanctions from selling these defensive weapons.