defensive measure

Questions about defensive measure

What does defensive measure mean?

defensive measure means "(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies".

What is another word for defensive measure?

Close synonyms include defense, defence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is defensive measure a common word?

defensive measure is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.