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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Moreover, the company’s technology is protected by over 220 patents and pending applications, setting up a clear roadmap toward 10,000-qubit architectures and eventual chip-scale coprocessors.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
The very force driving demand for agent infrastructure is also reducing the switching costs that have historically protected platform vendors.

— Francis Sideco, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of protected

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Hartig defended the institution and clapped back against the July 4 White House report.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
The event recognized a Dodgers club that successfully defended its championship while surviving one of the toughest postseason tests in recent memory.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of defended

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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
Some of those properties may now be serving as locations where hidden assets are being safeguarded.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

Definition of safeguarded

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Federal law enforcement agencies are generally shielded from legal liability, but there are some exceptions, including some claims of employee negligence.

— CYBELE MAYES-OSTERMAN, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Although the afternoon storm had mostly passed, the emerging sun was almost entirely shielded by a thick canopy of trees, and fat drops of rain from the branches kept our windshield wipers working.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 July 2026

Definition of shielded

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McConnell, who led Senate Republicans for nearly two decades, has long guarded his personal life.

— Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 29 July 2026
While Georgia Ports Authority is pleased at the upturn, all the economic and global uncertainty has led to guarded predictions for the future.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 29 July 2026

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