Related Words for defend

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support
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Verb, Verb
maintain
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Verb, Verb
hold
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Verb, Verb, Noun
oppose
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Noun, Verb
fight
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Verb, Verb, Noun
represent
xx/
Noun, Verb
champion
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Verb, Verb
guard
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Verb, Verb, Noun
fight back
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
assail
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Verb, Verb
prosecute
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Verb, Verb
protect
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Verb
vindicate
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Verb
uphold
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Verb
safeguard
/x
Noun
assert
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Verb
fortify
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Verb
preserve
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Verb
refute
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Verb
denounce
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Verb
enforce
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Verb
criticize
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Verb
contend
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Verb
attacked
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Verb
denigrate
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Verb
threatened
/x
Verb
destroy
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Verb
justify
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Verb
promote
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Verb
defense
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Noun
defenders
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Noun
usurp
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Verb
invade
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Verb
undermine
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Verb
repudiate
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Verb
reclaim
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Verb
reassert
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Verb
characterize
/xxx
Verb
defence
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Noun
deny
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Verb
fend
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Verb
condemn
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Verb
impugn
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Verb
confront
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Verb
argue
/x
Verb
litigate
/xx
Verb
retain
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Verb
seize
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Verb
prepare
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Verb
stand
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Noun
annihilate
x/xx
Verb
depose
x/
Verb
criticise
/xx
Verb
reaffirm
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Verb
strengthen
/x
Verb
concede
x/
Verb
bolster
/x
Noun
evade
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Verb
affirm
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Verb
renounce
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Verb
thwart
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Verb
deploy
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Verb
obliterate
x/xx
Verb
against
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Verb
evaluate
x/xx
Verb
recover
x/x
Verb
relinquish
x/x
Verb
subvert
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Verb
establish
x/x
Verb
declare
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Verb
validate
/xx
Verb
subjugate
/xx
Verb
persuade
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Verb
rebut
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Verb
proclaim
x/
Verb
sustain
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Verb
teach
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Verb
liberate
/xx
Verb
discredit
x/x
Noun
demonize
/xx
Verb
wrest
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Verb
convince
x/
Verb
deconstruct
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Verb
seek
/
Verb
manage
/x
Verb
exonerate
x/xx
Verb
mobilize
/xx
Verb
reinstate
xx/
Verb
execute
/xx
Verb
refuse
x/
Noun
encircle
x/x
Verb
kill
/
Verb
insinuate
x/xx
Verb
settle
/x
Verb
organize
/xx
Verb
pursue
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Verb
move
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Noun
legitimize
x/xx
Verb
dismantle
x/x
Verb
cede
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Verb
intervene
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Verb
formulate
/xx
Verb
withdraw
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Verb
compete
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Verb
nullify
/xx
Verb
demolish
x/x
Verb
expose
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Verb
betray
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Verb
repel
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Verb
uproot
x/
Verb
redefine
xx/
Verb
portray
x/
Verb
attempting
x/x
Verb
suppress
x/
Verb
overturn
/xx
Verb
defame
x/
Verb
besiege
x/
Verb
substantiate
x/xx
Verb
cling
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Verb
espouse
x/
Verb
advocate
/xx
Noun
define
x/
Verb
neutralize
/xx
Verb
assess
x/
Verb
decry
x/
Verb
deride
x/
Verb
conquer
/x
Verb
prove
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Verb
chastise
x/
Verb
oust
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Verb
speak
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Verb
rationalize
/xxx
Verb
exterminate
x/xx
Verb
contradict
xx/
Verb
codify
/xx
Verb
engage
x/
Verb
disavow
xx/
Verb
adjudicate
x/xx
Verb
negotiate
x/xx
Verb
punish
/x
Verb
wrestle
/x
Verb
retaliate
x/xx
Verb
restore
x/
Verb
harass
x/
Verb
conserve
x/
Verb
expel
x/
Verb
ward
/
Noun
defy
x/
Verb
bulwark
/x
Noun
fend off
//
Phrase, Verb
ward off
//
Phrase, Verb
avert
x/
Verb
defeat
x/
Noun
fence
/
Noun
parry
/x
Noun
guard against
/x/
Phrase, Verb
combat
/x
Noun
strike back
//
Phrase, Verb
forestall
x/
Verb
deflect
x/
Verb
flank
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Noun
wear
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Noun
hedge
/
Noun
shelter
/x
Noun
indefensible
xx/xx
Adjective
uttermost
/xx
Adjective
oppressed
x/
Adjective
motherland
/xx
Noun
fatherland
/xx
Noun
insured
x/
Adjective
staunchly
/x
Adverb
indemnify
x/xx
Verb
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
advocacy
/xxx
Noun
anarchic
x/x
Adjective
apologise
x/xx
Verb
apologize
x/xx
Verb
army
/x
Noun
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
battle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cherish
/x
Verb, Noun
claim
/
Noun, Verb
conceal
x/
Verb
contain
x/
Verb
country
/x
Noun, Adjective
court
/
Noun, Verb
criminal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
defensible
x/xx
Adjective
defensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dod
/
Name, Verb
drive off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
endangered
x/x
Adjective
endorse
x/
Verb, Noun
ensure
x/
Verb
excuse
x/
Noun, Verb
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
fight off
//
Phrase, Verb
forfeited
/xx
Adjective
help
/
Verb, Noun
hinder
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
hold back
//
Phrase, Verb
hold out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
honor
/x
Noun, Verb
impede
x/
Verb
inalienable
x/xxx
Adjective
insurance
x/x
Noun
inviolable
x/xxx
Adjective
inviolate
x/xx
Adjective
lawyer
/x
Noun, Verb
lockean
//
Adjective, Name
maintenance
/xx
Noun
make
/
Verb, Noun
noumenal
/xx
Adjective
obstruct
x/
Verb
offend
x/
Verb
plead
/
Verb
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
prevent
x/
Verb
protection
x/x
Noun
push
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Verb, Noun
rebuff
x/
Noun, Verb
rediscovered
xx/x
Verb
repulse
x/
Noun, Verb
resist
x/
Verb, Noun
rightful
/x
Adjective
rights
/
Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
secure
x/
Verb, Adjective
serve
/
Verb, Noun
shield
/
Noun, Verb
stand firm
//
Phrase, Verb
stand up
//
Phrase, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
turn back
//
Phrase, Verb
unadulterated
xx/xxx
Adjective
unfettered
x/x
Adjective
vidual
/xx
Adjective
war
/
Noun, Verb
withstand
x/
Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective