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protects(verb, defends)
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rebuts(verb, defends)
1
rebuttals(noun, defenses)
1
repercussions(noun, recoils)
1
resists(verb, defends)
1
responds(verb, defends)
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responses(noun, defenses)
1
saves(verb, defends)
1
secures(verb, defends)
1
securities(noun, defenses)
1
strongholds(noun, defenses)
1
sustains(verb, defends)
1
upholds(verb, defends)
1
walls(noun, defenses)
1
wards(verb, defends)
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accesses
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balks(verb, retreats, dodges)
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blunders(verb, flops)
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burns
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detonations
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