Defending: alternatives and connections

To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.

To defend.

An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them f…

To maintain; to defend.

To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that…

A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.

To shield; to defend.

To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.

A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, sto…

A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.

To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.

To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.

To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat.

To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly.

a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses"

To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, t…

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