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defend — 1 Defend, protect, shield, guard, safeguard mean to keep secure from danger or against attack. Defend implies the use of means to ward off something that actually threatens or to repel something that actually attacks {raise a large army to defend … New Dictionary of Synonyms
defend */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈfend] / US verb Word forms defend : present tense I/you/we/they defend he/she/it defends present participle defending past tense defended past participle defended 1) [transitive] to protect someone or something from attack Thousands of… … English dictionary
defend — de|fend [ dı fend ] verb *** ▸ 1 protect from attack ▸ 2 speak to support someone/something ▸ 3 prevent something from failing ▸ 4 in law ▸ 5 try to win again ▸ 6 in sports 1. ) transitive to protect someone or something from attack: Thousands of … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
defend — verb 1 protect against attack ADVERB ▪ adequately, effectively, properly (esp. BrE), successfully ▪ Computer users need to ensure their systems are properly defended. ▪ She successfully defended herself against an attack from someone larg … Collocations dictionary
defend — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French defendre, from Latin defendere, from de + fendere to strike; akin to Old English gūth battle, war, Greek theinein to strike Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to drive danger or attack away… … New Collegiate Dictionary
defend — [[t]dɪfe̱nd[/t]] ♦♦ defends, defending, defended 1) VERB If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them. [V n] Every man who could fight was now committed to defend the ridge... [V n] His courage in defending… … English dictionary
defend — defendable, adj. defender, n. /di fend /, v.t. 1. to ward off attack from; guard against assault or injury (usually fol. by from or against): The sentry defended the gate against sudden attack. 2. to maintain by argument, evidence, etc.; uphold:… … Universalium
defend — 01. The father was seriously injured trying to [defend] his son from a vicious dog. 02. I [defended] myself with a knife. 03. She [defended] herself successfully in court, and was found innocent of the charges against her. 04. The whale was… … Grammatical examples in English
successfully — adv. Successfully is used with these verbs: ↑accomplish, ↑adapt, ↑address, ↑appeal, ↑argue, ↑avoid, ↑bid, ↑block, ↑breed, ↑campaign, ↑challenge, ↑combat, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
Campaign to Defend Siping — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Campaign to Defend Siping partof=the Chinese Civil War place=Siping (city), Jilin, China date=April 17, 1946 May 19, 1946 result=stalemate, Nationalist took Siping but not Changchun combatant1= combatant2=… … Wikipedia
