1
protected(verb, defended)
1
rebudgeted(used, deflected)
1
rebutted(verb, defended)
1
rechanneled(used, deflected)
1
reclassified(used, deflected)
1
recoiled(verb, avoided)
1
redirected(used, deflected)
1
refused
1
replied(verb, defended)
1
resisted(verb, defended)
1
responded(verb, defended)
1
retorted(verb, defended)
1
returned(verb, defended)
1
safeguarded(verb, defended)
1
screened(verb, defended)
1
secured(verb, defended)
1
sheltered(verb, defended)
1
shielded(verb, defended)
1
shrank(verb, avoided)
1
shrunk(verb, avoided)
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