Meanings
adjectivedefence-splitting (not comparable)
- not comparableball gamesPassing between defenders.
a defence-splitting pass
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For both goals, Wolves' backline were caught sleeping. Two defence-splitting passes at the start of each half was all the visitors needed to wrap up all three points at Molineux.
2025 February 25, Emily Salley, “Wolves 1-2 Fulham: Slow starts sink Pereira's 'sleeping' side”, in BBC
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APA
defence-splitting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defence-splitting
MLA
“defence-splitting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defence-splitting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defence-splitting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defence-splitting.
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