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Definition of Hasty defense
1. Noun. A defense organized while in contact with the enemy or when time is limited.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hasty Defense
Literary usage of Hasty defense
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Network Science by National Research Council (U. S.), National Research Council (2005)
"Hence, the assault on the objective became a hasty defense until such time as
the operation ... For example, the 1 BCT commander conducted a hasty defense, ..."
2. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"See also deliberate crossing. hasty defense— (DOD, NATO) A defense normally
organized while in contact with the enemy or when contact is imminent and time ..."
3. Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm by Richard M. Swain (1999)
"... the former to prepare for a deliberate attack, the latter in a hasty defense
to allow the corps to rebalance for the decisive attack the next day. ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"It must be, as far as possible, free from being commanded by artillery fire,
capable of hasty defense, offer few (if any) advantages to an enemy, ..."
5. A Revolutionary Pilgrimage: Being an Account of a Series of Visits to by Ernest Clifford Peixotto (1917)
"A hasty defense had been organized and the authorities temporized long enough to
permit the return of General Lincoln with the main American army in the ..."
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