FORFENDED Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

forfended

verb

past tense of forfend

as in protected

to drive danger or attack away from a place of refuge where the settlers could forfend themselves from attack

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These places are very little in Europe nowadays, and most of them are protected because there are rare plants or rare elements or rare animals.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
If that were to happen, a barrage of investigations could follow and may expand the number of individuals potentially protected from future testimony or investigation.

— Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of protected

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The Justice Department has defended its track record in court and accused judges of overstepping their authority.

— NPR Staff, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026
In the face of the data center backlash, Pritzker defended his rollback of tax incentives at the Aspen Ideas climate conference in Chicago on July 21, according to a New York Times report.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of defended

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In addition to sea lions, sea otters, walrus, polar bears, dugongs and manatees are also safeguarded.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
When the Nazis confiscated the negative and shipped it back to Berlin, Hensel safeguarded it in the Reichsfilmarchiv vaults in Berlin until the Allied victory.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026

Definition of safeguarded

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In a country running above-target inflation, importing all its energy and watching its government spend tens of billions propping up the currency, most households owned none of the one thing that would have shielded them.

— Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Risks of inflation and long-term vulnerability For now, rising oil and gas production and refinery output in the United States has shielded Americans from significant petroleum shortages.

— Amy Myers Jaffe, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of shielded

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He’s been closely guarded and closed off from the world since, as Russia has sought to secure a relationship with the new regime led by President Ahmed al Sharaa.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2026
Minamoto Yoshitsune was a strategist who went to hell and took it over, defeating the Oni who guarded hell.

— Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

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