Investigators commonly note the defensive character of this attachment style.

In the third phase, each side's forces would be restructured so that they have a "purely defensive character."

The massiveness of this stone gate accentuates its defensive character.

The defensive character of the building is witnessed by machicolation holes which are found on all sides.

These fortified centers had a defensive character and larger number of them existed in a wider area.

But American experts said the firing was a standard drill with no particularly defensive character.

Windows and the addition of a large bay made the castle more liveable but diminished its defensive character.

Probably it comes to religious works, although they do not exclude the defensive character.

The Defense Department said the buildup was taking on an increasingly defensive character.

Military measures against Japan are of defensive character.