Defensive is valid Scrabble Word

Is defensive a scrabble word?
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9 letters word
16 points in Scrabble
18 points in WWF

Definitions for DEFENSIVE in dictionary:

NOUN:

a state or position of defence
That which defends; a safeguard.
an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive\')

ADJECTIVE:

tending to defend
used or intended to defend or protect
(in sport) relating to or intended as defence
very anxious to challenge or avoid criticism
intended for defence
Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor.
Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war.

In a state or posture of defense.
intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

serving to defend or protect

Words related to DEFENSIVE

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Words that contain DEFENSIVE

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How to use DEFENSIVE in a sentence

Hannibal Reduced to the Defensive His Prospects as to Reinforcements The clear vision of Hannibal had not been dazzled by his victories.
Yet were they as often engaged in wars, offensive and defensive, as the neighboring monarchies of the same times.
This was its first defensive activity against the tearing down of bitter loneliness.
It even seems questionable at the present moment whether we can always reckon on the support of the members of the Triple Alliance in a defensive war.
Strong as Philip was, he found himself placed perfectly on the defensive by the terrific grip which this furious opponent held of his throat.
Instantly he put his back to the door and prepared to stand on the defensive against the expected attack of an invisible assailant.
For a few minutes after the men were placed, each stood upon the defensive, and waited for hostilities.
Cornwallis therefore was ordered to occupy a defensive position which should control an anchorage for ships of the line, and to strengthen himself in it.
This question aroused Glen, and she at once assumed the defensive.
When efforts were made to take the hat away he stood on the defensive, and there was a fight, which ended very badly for the hat.

Father Gavazzi, a truly patriotic monk, gave them the cross to carry on a new, a better, because defensive, crusade.
Cyrus had forseen and forestalled the defensive plan of his enemy.
Until July the initiative was with Germany, that is to say the Allies were on the defensive.
They held that war, under any circumstance, for whatever purpose, offensive or defensive, was a sin, and they deemed it their duty to oppose whatever government went to war.
The defensive works round Beersheba remained a detached system, but had been improved and extended.
This ruin, near its northeastern extremity, contains a feature that is quite foreign to the architecture of Tusayan, viz, a defensive wall.
The town was intersected by canals, and the bridges across these could be raised, adding largely to the defensive power of the place.
The other, shouting for aid, stood on the defensive.
Being ignorant as to the side upon which Frederick was likely to attack, and having decided to stand on the defensive, he adopted the methods most familiar to him.
This appears to have been a purely defensive expedient, and as such is unique.
In classes I and II, however, the influence of the defensive motive, in so far as it affected the character of site chosen, is conspicuous by its absence.
In this class of structure the defensive motive, in so far as it affected the choosing of the site, entirely disappears.
Since General Halleck, no other commander has shown such ability to fortify in an open field against an enemy that was acting on the defensive.
He showed them the impossibility of undertaking anything on a large scale, and announced his intention of remaining on the defensive.
They are probably not the sites of permanent settlements, but were used for defensive purposes in times of war.
To this custom contributed also the art of fencing, then cultivated as a new study in Italy and Spain, by which the sword became, at once, an offensive and defensive weapon.
They held in low repute our militia, and were far from regarding them as an effective force, unless it might be for temporary defensive operations when invaded on our own soil.
Even yet she was rather on the defensive, looking out for every possible attack.
Whatever was desirable for mutual advantage might be attained without offensive and defensive alliance.
Unlike most of her predecessors, Miss Elstob is not on the defensive.

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