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defensive meaning in Kannada

ಡಿಫೆನ್ಸಿವ್

UK/dɪˈfɛn.sɪv/

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Australia/dɪˈfen.sɪv/

defensive in Kannada: ಡಿಫೆನ್ಸಿವ್. In English, defensive means intended for defence; protective.

Kannada words for defensive

ಡಿಫೆನ್ಸಿವ್

English meaning of defensive

  1. adjective Intended for defence; protective.
  2. adjective Intended to deter attack.
  3. adjective Performed so as to minimise risk.
  4. adjective Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion; oversensitive; thin-skinned.

Full definition of defensive

defensive in a sentence

  • a defensive perimeter
  • a defensive missile system
  • The victim held up his hand to repel the attacker and received a defensive knife wound.

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Questions about defensive in Kannada

What is the meaning of defensive in Kannada?
Defensive in Kannada is ಡಿಫೆನ್ಸಿವ್.
defensive ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Defensive: ಡಿಫೆನ್ಸಿವ್.
What does defensive mean in English?
Defensive means intended for defence; protective.

Source and license

Kannada words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “defensive”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: defensive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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