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defensive purpose

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meanings of defensiveand purpose


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defensive
adjective
uk /dɪˈfen.sɪv/ us /dɪˈfen.sɪv/
used to protect someone or something ...
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purpose
noun
uk /ˈpɜː.pəs/ us /ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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Examples of defensive purpose


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Rapid forces, whether for an offensive or defensivepurpose, were needed to deny vital locations to the enemy.
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While some certainly had a defensivepurpose, the use of others is not clearly understood.
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Around it on various levels are rooms, enclosures and towers accessible through a complex set of stairways that may have once had a defensivepurpose.
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It is unlikely that they had a strong defensivepurpose.
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We must show not only that we are united in our defensivepurpose.
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Given our overall defensivepurpose, the attractions of a world in which defences may come to play a greater part in maintaining deterrence are understandable.
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This type of split gate has no doors and provides no real defensivepurpose but narrowing the passage.
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In fitting with the defensivepurpose of the settlement, city walls were constructed that surrounded a third of the local castle.
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It is situated where an earlier castle stood and never had a defensivepurpose.
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The church and churchyard are surrounded by a wall which originally reached much higher and had a defensivepurpose.
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The strategic defensivepurpose of a navy is to frustrate seaborne projection-of-force by enemies.
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The henge, although clearly forming an imposing boundary to the circle, has no defensivepurpose as the ditch is on the inside.
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Over time, the walls lost their defensivepurpose, and so did the gates, which were adapted as customs tax stations.
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By the 19th century, the wall had lost its defensivepurpose and was dismantled.
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The roof itself has a short parapet which appears to have been more for protection from falling than to have served any defensivepurpose.
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Resin is another plant exudate that may have a defensivepurpose.
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Now, the front can be retracted more easily, perhaps suggesting a defensivepurpose.
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