Hence the S-Tank must be considered a strictly defensive vehicle.

But improving security is a strictly defensive measure that forces businesses to spend more to produce the same product or service they previously did.

The idea of a "force moderator" befits the Navy's strictly defensive role.

Strictly defensive; they hadn't made a move to follow nor thrown a single javelin when the king's forces withdrew.

NATO is, or at least used to be, a strictly defensive alliance.

Newmars and Galmetia were heavily armed, but their armament was strictly defensive.

If our actions were strictly defensive, the enemy would be free to pick their tactics.

It will be necessary, to allay it, if possible to confine yourself to a strictly defensive course.

Badoglio sent Graziani a telegram reminding him of his "strictly defensive" role.

The function of some receivers was strictly defensive.