Definition of "self-defensive" [self•-de•fen•sive]

• Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation. (adjective)

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• "Part of her personality is that she cares about how people see her, which makes her very self-defensive."
• ""If the U.S. imperialists and their followers infringe on our sovereignty and dignity even slightly, we will blow up the stronghold of their aggression with a merciless and righteous retaliatory strike by mobilizing all physical means, including self-defensive nuclear deterrent force, and achieve the historic task of unification," Ri Yong Ho, chief of the General Staff of the North Korean army, said before troops began marching."
• ""If the U.S. imperialists and their followers infringe on our sovereignty and dignity even slightly, we will blow up the stronghold of their aggression with a merciless and righteous retaliatory strike by mobilizing all physical means, including self-defensive nuclear deterrent force, and achieve the historic task of unification," Mr. Ri said, according to the Associated Press, one of the news organizations invited to the event."