defensive positions
Spots for holding ground
Defensive positions are locations or stances taken to protect against attack.
In military and sports contexts, these are strategic placements designed to repel opponents: The troops dug into defensive positions along the ridge.
Figuratively, someone who takes a defensive position is guarding against criticism or challenge rather than advancing their own argument: She immediately retreated to defensive positions when questioned about the budget.
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- goalkeeperNet-defending player
- bastionFortified defensive position
foxhole · no man's land · dig in · rampart · man to man · trench · redoubt · fullback · stronghold · parapet · holding the fort · coping mechanism · bulwark · pillbox · resistance · rationalization · boundary · safe zone
- military basesoldiers, barracks, HQ, troops, hangar
- military readinessreadiness, mobilization, deployment, drills, training
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
- trench warfaretrenches, no man's land, barbed wire, dugouts, front lines
- Winter Combatski troops, snow camouflage, white camouflage, cold weather gear, winter offensive
- infantry tacticsfire and maneuver, flanking maneuver, battle drills, ambush tactics, flanking
defensive positionsoffensive maneuvers
Aggressive tactical actions
offensive stance · forward positions · attack mode · staging areas · beachheads
defensive positionsoffensive operations
Attacks to gain ground
blitzkrieg · advance · charge · sortie · counteroffensive