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4
boomeranged(verb, returned, recoiled)
3
rebounded(verb, returned, recoiled)
3
recoiled(verb, returned, recoiled)
2
counterattacked(verb, defended)
2
covered(verb, defended)
2
defended(verb, defended)
2
policed(verb, defended)
2
protected(verb, defended)
2
returned(verb, defended, recoiled)
2
ricocheted(verb, returned, recoiled)
1
answered(verb, defended)
1
argued(verb, defended)
1
averted(verb, defended)
1
barred(verb, defended)
1
barricaded(verb, defended)
1
bounced(verb, recoiled)
1
buffered(verb, defended)
1
countered(verb, defended)
1
fended(verb, defended)
1
guarded(verb, defended)
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