59 entries under defend topic. ×

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save(verb, stop, hold, maintain, oppose)
6
turn(verb, stop, change, separate, prevent)
5
foil(verb, stop, separate, restrain, halt)
5
halt(verb, stop, separate, restrain, block)
5
parry(verb, stop, separate, reject, slip)
4
block(verb, stop, check, separate, remove)
4
resist(verb, hold, separate, reject, maintain)
3
cover(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
3
keep off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, separate)
3
oppose(verb, hold, separate, maintain, secure)
3
uphold(verb, support, hold, maintain, oppose)
2
beat off(expression, hold, separate, reject, maintain)
2
counter(verb, stop, remove, restrain, halt)
2
guard(verb, stop, hold, separate, maintain)
2
protect(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
2
rebut(verb, stop, separate, reject, prevent)
2
repulse(verb, separate, reject, prevent, avoid)
2
safeguard(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
2
screen(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
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secure(verb, hold, maintain, oppose)
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