prevent defense
/pɹəˈvɛnt ˈdiːˌfɛns/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In order to cope with this situation, we developed a simple prevent defense which was designed primarily to negate the long touchdown play. Originally, the 5-3 prevent defense was used in the latter moments of the second and fourth quarters ..."
- "There were still forty seconds remaining, so the Bucks went into a prevent defense, with eight men back to guard against long passes. The Mustang halfback was able to pick up some ground, but not enough to score"
- "Much of the third period was a stalemate, with the Illini successfully clearing out the puck and playing prevent defense. With 6:37 left in the third period, Barnhart was able to make back-to-back stops while on the ground, preventing the Redbirds from tying the game momentarily."
- "“Our defense shut them down,” Issa said. “I told them, ‘It was gonna take one or two goals.’ We had plenty of chances to score. I told them, ‘If we score one goal, we’re gonna go prevent defense and we’re going to shut them down, because people have done that to us before.’ ”"
- "“I thought it was an unusual game because of the leads that we had,” said Weir, who noted his team’s 3-point defense allowed Wyoming to hit 10 from beyond the arc at a 35.7% clip. “… It was almost prevent defense, but we were just trying to kind of keep the game at bay, and I think we were trying to prevent quick scores and have them really use clock. …”"