I understand the defensive reaction which makes someone say, 'I'm finished with love.'

It was a purely defensive reaction, to keep out anything else that might harm them.

His defensive reaction is to make her feel wrong.

The move was a defensive reaction in advance of coming reports on inflation and the economy, they said.

It's something everyone goes through at the beginning-probably a defensive reaction.

The purpose of an attack is either to make a hit or to provoke a defensive reaction.

Any direct hostile action on your part could result in a defensive reaction to destroy the data along with the station.

Cutting back on the powers of our common institutions is a defensive reaction that can only lead to failure.

Do not be surprised by an angry or defensive reaction.

This is a defensive reaction, and that isn't helping them.