Related Words for fend

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defend
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Verb, Verb
repel
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Verb
confront
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Verb
shoo
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Noun
protect
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Verb
survive
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Verb
evade
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Verb
starve
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Verb
prevent
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Verb
knock
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Noun
wrested
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Verb
extricate
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Verb
forced
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Verb
unable
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Adjective
cope
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Verb
wrangle
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Noun
fortify
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Verb
managed
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Verb
assail
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Verb
clamber
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Verb
fight
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Noun
rile
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Noun
subsist
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Verb
deflect
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Verb
escape
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Noun
insulate
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Verb
readying
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Verb
thwart
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Verb
leave
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Verb
prepare
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Verb
afford
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Verb
vanquish
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Verb
oust
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Verb
flee
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Verb
outsmart
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Verb
banish
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Verb
away
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Adverb
subdue
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Verb
sneak
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Noun
regroup
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Verb
relieve
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Verb
kill
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Verb
unwilling
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Adjective
battling
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Verb
counteract
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Verb
struggling
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Verb
neutralize
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Verb
douse
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Verb
restrain
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Verb
outwit
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Verb
rouse
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Noun
stand
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Noun
able
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Adjective
outrun
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Verb, Noun
forestall
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Verb
rein
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Noun
gird
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Noun
confine
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Verb
ward
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Noun, Verb
wrestle
/x
Verb
ingratiate
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Verb
unleash
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Verb
attempting
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Verb
incapacitate
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Verb
dislodge
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Verb
slay
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Verb
inoculate
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Verb
eradicate
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Verb
recuperate
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Verb
disarm
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Verb
shield
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Noun
kick
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Noun
deter
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Verb
exterminate
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Verb
recover
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Verb
overrun
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Verb
shun
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Noun
mitigate
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Verb
tending
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Verb
withstand
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Verb
dodge
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Noun
threaten
/x
Verb
conquer
/x
Verb
quell
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Verb
tempt
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Verb
convince
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Verb
scare
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Noun
deprive
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Verb
suppress
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Verb
throw
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Verb
outlive
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Verb
wean
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Verb
smother
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Verb
settle
/x
Verb
hurl
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Verb
succumb
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Verb
help
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Noun
contend
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Verb
scrape
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Noun
unprepared
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Adjective
encroach
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Verb
avert
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Verb
steer
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Verb
allow
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Verb
behind
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun
carve
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Verb
evict
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Verb
marauding
x/x
Adjective
scramble
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Noun
compensate
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Verb
scavenge
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Noun
immunize
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Verb
curb
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Noun
neutralise
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Verb
babysit
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Verb
persuade
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Verb
pull
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Noun
themselves
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Noun
sustain
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Verb
hold
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Noun
handle
/x
Noun
expel
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Verb
annihilate
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Verb
tame
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Adjective
wipe
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Verb
depose
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Verb
yank
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Noun
assert
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Verb
quash
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Verb
encircle
x/x
Verb
claw
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Noun
ravage
/x
Noun
scamper
/x
Noun
isolate
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Verb
letting
/x
Verb
goad
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Noun
eliminate
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Verb
fend off
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Phrase, Verb
fence
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Noun
take care
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Phrase, Verb
take care of
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Phrase, Verb
care
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Noun
fight back
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Phrase, Verb
fret
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Noun
put away
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Phrase, Verb
forbear
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Verb
keep
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Verb
give of oneself
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Phrase, Verb
keep to oneself
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Phrase, Verb
spare
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Adjective
forsake
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Verb
fare
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Noun
attackers
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Noun
takeovers
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Noun
parry
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Verb
challengers
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Noun
suitors
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Noun
blows
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Noun
intruders
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Noun
encroachments
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Noun
incursions
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Noun
assaults
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Noun
starvation
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Noun
avoid
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Verb
fill
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Verb, Noun
get
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Verb, Noun
rely
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Verb
use
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Noun, Verb
save
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Verb, Noun
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb
die
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Verb, Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective