defensive war in English

war fought in response to a military offensive

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1. The wall was also outfitted with defensive war engines, including catapults.

2. The directors of the company, the "Heeren XVII", were given the legal authority to establish "fortresses and strongholds", to sign treaties, to enlist both an army and a navy, and to wage defensive war.

3. The Homeworld Commissariats of the Earth are the 17 Commissariats as part of the Greater Terran Union's Terran Commissariats designated to the nations of the Earth after the Great Defensive War caused by the Tyrum Consciousness and subsequent reorganization of government