Choose the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

OFFENSIVE

Defensive 

The most appropriate antonym of the word offensive is defensive.

• Offensive means intended to cause hurt or harm.
• Defensive means intended to protect oneself or one's interests.
• Fabricate means to make something up or to create something that is not true.
• Destroy means to cause something to be completely ruined or broken.
• Dismantle means to take something apart or to remove its parts.