Related Words for defended

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support
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Verb, Noun
maintain
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Noun, Verb
hold
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Verb, Verb
oppose
x/
Verb, Verb
fight
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Verb, Verb
represent
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Verb, Verb
champion
/xx
Verb, Verb, Noun
guard
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Noun, Verb
fight back
//
Phrase, Verb
defender
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Noun
defense
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Noun
defence
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Noun
defensive
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Adjective
protected
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Adjective
defensible
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Adjective
protection
x/x
Noun
attacked
x/
Verb
deflected
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Verb
defeated
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Verb
protector
x/x
Noun
resisted
x/x
Verb
contested
x/x
Adjective
parried
/x
Verb
fended
/x
Verb
argued
/x
Verb
shielded
/x
Adjective
deflections
x/x
Noun
counterattack
/xxx
Noun
defendant
x/x
Noun
defiant
x/x
Adjective
against
x/
Adjective
challenged
/x
Verb
justified
/xx
Verb
guardian
/xx
Noun
safeguarded
/xx
Verb
avenged
x/
Verb
battled
/x
Verb
deserved
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Verb
fight off
//
Phrase, Verb
carried
/x
Verb
helped
/
Verb
retaliated
x/xxx
Verb
fend off
//
Phrase, Verb
countering
/xx
Verb
patrolled
x/
Verb
bested
/x
Verb
held up
//
Phrase, Verb
fighter
/x
Noun
upheld
x/
Verb
captured
/x
Verb
fortified
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Adjective, Verb
opponent
x/x
Noun
served
/
Verb
staunchly
/x
Adverb
stoutly
/x
Adverb
undefended
xx/x
Adjective
valiantly
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Adverb
ably
/x
Adverb
heroically
x/xx
Adverb
darrow
/x
Name
gallantly
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Adverb
robustly
x/x
Adverb
expounded
x/x
Verb
rampart
/x
Noun
zealously
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Adverb
vigorously
/xxx
Adverb
assailed
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Verb
tenaciously
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Adverb
courageously
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Adverb
avowed
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Verb
bravely
/x
Adverb
ardently
/xx
Adverb
manfully
/xx
Adverb
stubbornly
/xx
Adverb
vociferously
x/xxx
Adverb
obstinately
/xxx
Adverb
theses
/x
Noun
detractors
x/x
Noun
prosecuted
/xxx
Verb
acquitted
x/x
Verb
citing
/x
Verb
denounced
x/
Verb
fiercely
/x
Adverb
besieged
x/
Verb
ferociously
x/xx
Adverb
loyally
/xx
Adverb
dissertation
xx/x
Noun
tenacity
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Noun
forts
/
Noun
fortress
/x
Noun
jealously
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Adverb
eloquently
/xxx
Adverb
criticized
/xx
Verb
articulated
x/xxx
Verb
energetically
xx/xx
Adverb
strenuously
/xxx
Adverb
victoriously
x/xxx
Adverb
contended
x/x
Verb
grounds
/
Noun
refuted
x/x
Verb
prerogatives
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Noun
garrison
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Noun
cicero
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Name
citadel
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Noun
hotly
/x
Adverb
heatedly
/xx
Adverb
criticised
/xx
Verb
vehemently
/xxx
Adverb
invoking
x/x
Verb
resolutely
/xxx
Adverb
bravery
/xx
Noun
asserting
x/x
Verb
vigour
//
Noun
fortifications
xxx/x
Noun
passionately
/xxx
Adverb
weakly
/x
Adverb
overpowered
xx/x
Verb
nobly
/x
Adverb
adamantly
/xxx
Adverb
claiming
/x
Verb
doggedly
/xx
Adverb
orthodoxy
/xxx
Noun
steadfastly
/xx
Adverb
advocated
/xxx
Verb
successfully
x/xx
Adverb
elaborated
x/xxx
Verb
uncompromisingly
x/xxxx
Adverb
accusations
xx/x
Noun
cherished
/x
Verb
deplored
x/
Verb
vindicated
/xxx
Verb
feebly
/x
Adverb
vigor
/x
Noun
pointing
/x
Verb
quo
/
Noun
repulsed
x/
Verb
praised
/
Verb
abigail
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Name
acceptance
x/x
Noun
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
addison
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Name
advanced
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Adjective
alexander
xx/x
Name
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
ambrose
/x
Name
amelia
x/x
Name
amends
x/
Noun
anna
/x
Name
backed
/
Adjective
campaigned
x/
Verb
colonial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
congested
x/x
Adjective
destitute
/xx
Adjective, Verb
dozen
/x
Noun
dutch
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
endorsed
x/
Adjective
espoused
x/
Verb
expressed
x/
Adjective
favoured
/x
Adjective
flung
/
Verb, Adjective
forbidden
/xx
Adjective
frequented
/xx
Verb
inhabited
x/xx
Adjective
lobbied
/x
Verb
motivated
/xxx
Adjective
northernmost
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Adjective
outback
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
outlying
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Adjective, Noun
pleaded
/x
Verb
polygon
/xx
Noun
populated
/xxx
Adjective
populous
/xx
Adjective
preserved
x/
Adjective
prohibited
x/xx
Adjective
promoted
x/x
Verb
pursued
x/
Verb
stood
/
Verb
stopped
/
Adjective
sustained
x/
Adjective
taken
/x
Adjective
undesignated
x/xxx
Adjective