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fencing

verb , present participle of fence

Synonyms and Antonyms of fencing

to drive danger or attack away from

had worked as a bodyguard, fencing a number of pop stars at big events

Synonyms of fencing

bulwarking, covering, defending, fending, forfending, guarding, keeping, protecting, safeguarding, screening, securing, shielding, warding

Words Related to fencing

averting, preventing

opposing, resisting, withstanding

battling, contending, fighting, warring

conserving, preserving, saving

buffering, palisading, picketing, walling

Phrases Synonymous with fencing

standing up for

Near Antonyms of fencing

bombarding, storming

besetting, besieging, overrunning

capitulating, caving, submitting, yielding

Antonyms of fencing

assailing, assaulting, attacking

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