defensive effort

collocation in English

meaningsofdefensiveandeffort

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defensive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈfen.sɪv/us
/dɪˈfen.sɪv/
used to protect someone or something ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofdefensiveandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Obviously, therefore, our maindefensiveeffortmust be made by sea and in the air.
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It is nothing new to say that we must co-ordinate and integrate ourdefensiveeffortwith those of our allies.
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With the win, led primarily by the 49ers outstandingdefensiveeffort, the 49ers started their season 10.
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The second dimension involved defensive efforts to deny the trauma, including emotional numbing, amnesia, and other attempts to suppress or avoid the trauma.
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Canterbury scored 31 unanswered points, based around an inpregnabledefensiveeffortafter their early lapse.
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Freud's ideas about the patient's defensive efforts to control the repetition were assimilated into the denial or numbing phase of the two-dimensional model.
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He has said that we should measure our defensive efforts in relation to our economic strength.
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Full scale attacks and defensive efforts are occasional, but patrols are constant.
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However, the defensive efforts were squalled.
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Carrotland's military defensive efforts haven't been crowned by success, and their reduced army can not stop the hordes of swine.
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