fensive

And would this column run if it had OFF-fensive language?

Joe Gandelman: The 10 Most Obnoxious Political, Media and Cultural Phrases 2010

And would this column run if it had OFF-fensive language?

Joe Gandelman: The 10 Most Obnoxious Political, Media and Cultural Phrases 2010

She had done what she sought to do: turned the mare to the de - fensive, instead of herself.

Here There Are Monsters 2010

A spokesman for the hotel later told the papers that I had “apparently been unsatisfied sic with the reaction of the audience and began belaboring them with four-letter words … We estimate that at least 70% of the show was of fensive.”

Last Words George Carlin 2009

Practicing the "Being (Aw)fensive Without Being (Uh)fensive" strategy...asking questions of the person you're dealing with and getting them to defend their position.

Do You Know What An Apologist Does? 2006

If they do not disperse, then we can take out their de-fensive positions one at a time.

The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

South African President Thabo Mbeki expressed optimism Monday that his efforts to stem the upsurge of violence in Ivory Coast will bear fruit even as rebels claimed that the! fensive.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

De-fensive weaponry raised harmless blisters of fire on the object's flanks, deflected by its massive screens.

The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

When there was no response, he addressed the other members of the expedition who had taken up positions just inside the station's breached de-fensive perimeter.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

Straightening and wiping sweat from her forehead, she peered across the cleared area to the far side of the de-fensive fence where Pulickel was methodically check-ing each newly refurbished stanchion with a hand-held monitor.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997