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defensive wounds

defensive wounds is the plural of defensive wound.

Meaning of defensive wound

Noun

defensive wound (plural defensive wounds)

  1. An injury received by the victim of an attack while trying to defend against the assailant.

Questions about defensive wounds

What is defensive wounds the plural of?
Defensive wounds is the plural of defensive wound.

Words near defensive wounds in the dictionary

  1. defensive spiral
  2. defensive spirals
  3. defensive tackle
  4. defensive tackles
  5. defensive wound
  6. defensive wounds
  7. defensive zone
  8. defensive zones
  9. defensively
  10. defensiveness
  11. defensivenesses

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