Noun:

ਰੱਖਿਆਤਮਕ ਉਪਾਅ,

defensive measure's Usage Examples:

last-ditch defensive measure adopted by small schooling fish when they are threatened by predators.

Another defensive measure the Mongols had taken was the construction of a chain, which stretched across the water.

He declared that he would abandon his defensive measures only if Reza agreed to the following: (i) to give written guarantees regarding the safety of life and property of those who were helping the Sheikh – especially the Bakhtiari Amir Mujahid.

States with potentially hostile neighbors typically adopt defensive measures to delay or forestall an invasion.

He accurately warned of the buildup of German air power, and the need to build a strong air force and to take defensive measures to protect the East Coast.

It had been projected as a defensive measure against competitive incursion, and it led from Margam Junction towards.

October 1914, the sea locks at the mouth of this river were opened as a defensive measure against the advancing German Army during the "Race to the Sea" phase.

The slope acts as an effective defensive measure in two ways.

During World War I it supported the use of armies by the Allies as a defensive measure.

The two arches on the southern side were demolished and a drawbridge installed in 1645 as a defensive measure by Cromwell's forces, who held the town.

Like other swellsharks, it can inflate itself as a defensive measure.

The web between the arms of the mature female octopus serves as a defensive measure as well, making the animal appear larger, and being easily detached.

central arch of this bridge was removed at the orders of Ras Fasil as a defensive measure.

Synonyms:

en garde, antiaircraft, defending, protective, antitank, antisubmarine,

Antonyms:

unprotective, offensive, permissive, tough, careless,