deliberate defense

1. 1.

   a defense organized before contact is made with the enemy and while time for organization is available; usually includes a fortified zone (with pillboxes) and communication systems

   Synonymsdeliberate defence

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Questions about deliberate defense

What does deliberate defense mean?

deliberate defense means "a defense organized before contact is made with the enemy and while time for organization is available; usually includes a fortified zone (with pillboxes) and communication systems".

What is another word for deliberate defense?

Close synonyms include deliberate 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 deliberate defense a common word?

deliberate defense 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.