defensive measure

collocation in English

meaningsofdefensiveandmeasure

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defensive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈfen.sɪv/us
/dɪˈfen.sɪv/
used to protect someone or something ...
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measure
noun
uk
/ˈmeʒ.ər/us
/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofdefensiveandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdefensive measure

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Children and young people were also the most susceptible to new patterns of thought and behaviour, therefore instilling values acted as adefensivemeasurefor counteracting undesirable social trends.
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That would not be adefensivemeasureand it is not very good economy.
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It is a purelydefensivemeasure, and whatever is necessary ought to be done to provide food against a possible danger.
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We have introduced this package as adefensivemeasurebecause of the reductions in taxation that were voted.
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The task ahead of us is too important and urgent as a greatdefensivemeasureto be trifled with in these momentous days.
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That is what we mean by offence; it is purely adefensivemeasure.
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It is said that is a purelydefensivemeasure, and that it cannot be used for offensive purposes.
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This is not an offensive measure; it is adefensivemeasure.
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However, we would rather not retreat into this sort ofdefensivemeasureunless absolutely necessary.
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At that time many other countries were putting their tariffs higher and higher as adefensivemeasure.
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That he extend this temporary anddefensivemeasureuntil 2003.
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We therefore believe that the points relating to the weighting of voting rights and various forms ofdefensivemeasureshould not have been included in the report.
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In the case of research intodefensivemeasure, the responsibility is not so clearly defined because it depends upon the matter which has to be gone into.
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It was understandably seen as a necessarydefensivemeasureto try to make nationalisation more effective and humane and to ensure that resources of capital development were available.
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This is adefensivemeasure.
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The gates of the sluices were closed as adefensivemeasureagainst possible attack in the dry season when no storage remained in the dam.
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The castle was constructed within a dry moat and is built largely of brick, adefensivemeasureagainst the then new artillery, with some limestone.
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The defensive line is particularly vulnerable on the edges around the wings, therefore the bestdefensivemeasurein this case is a preventative measure.
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The offer was accepted, and the corporation began the construction of a massive wall around the city under the guise of adefensivemeasure.
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Using a defense in depth strategy, should onedefensivemeasurefail there are other defensive measures in place that continue to provide protection.
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