A defensive use would explain the Gila monster's bright warning coloration.

"Ninety-nine percent of the defensive uses don't involve a gun being fired," he said.

A ditch was dug around the factory with several sentry boxes, indicating a defensive use.

Some media writers and many attorneys recommend against using handloaded ammunition for defensive use.

Military officials reply that the antimissile weapons are intended only for defensive use and so should be seen as no different from the spy satellites.

Dr. Cook, for example, citing what he calls more reliable data, says the number of defensive uses is far lower.

Defensive Structures are buildings with attack power or defensive use.

"We do not have concerns in principle against such a defensive use, and in the protection of the Israeli people," he said.

There are several ways a knife can be held for offensive or defensive use.

In addition to their defensive use, the town gates were utilised for hundreds of years to collect tolls.