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prevent defenses

prevent defenses is the plural of prevent defense.

Meaning of prevent defense

Noun

prevent defense (plural prevent defenses)

  1. Any defense intended to prevent rapid scoring by the offense, at the expense of allowing relatively easy, slower scoring.
    • In order to cope with this situation, we developed a simple prevent defense which was designed primarily to negate the long touchdown play. Originally, the 5-3 prevent defense was used in the latter moments of the second and fourth quarters ...1960, “The 5-3 Prevent Defense”, in Athletic Journal, volume 41, page 32

Questions about prevent defenses

What is prevent defenses the plural of?
Prevent defenses is the plural of prevent defense.

Words near prevent defenses in the dictionary

  1. prevenient grace
  2. preveniently
  3. prevening
  4. prevent
  5. prevent defense
  6. prevent defenses
  7. preventabilities
  8. preventability
  9. preventable
  10. preventableness
  11. preventables

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