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forfending

verb , present participle of forfend

Synonyms and Antonyms of forfending

to drive danger or attack away from

a place of refuge where the settlers could forfend themselves from attack

Synonyms of forfending

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

Words Related to forfending

averting, preventing

opposing, resisting, withstanding

battling, contending, fighting, warring

conserving, preserving, saving

buffering, palisading, picketing, walling

Phrases Synonymous with forfending

standing up for

Near Antonyms of forfending

bombarding, storming

besetting, besieging, overrunning

capitulating, caving, submitting, yielding

Antonyms of forfending

assailing, assaulting, attacking

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