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boomeranging(verb, recoiling)
2
answering(verb, defending)
2
arguing(verb, defending)
2
averting(verb, defending)
2
backfire
2
barricading(verb, defending)
2
barring(verb, defending)
2
bouncing(verb, recoiling)
2
buffering(verb, defending)
2
counterattacking(verb, defending)
2
countering(verb, defending)
2
failing
2
misfiring
2
missing
2
opposing(verb, adjective, defending)
2
rebounding(verb, recoiling)
2
recoiling(verb, recoiling)
2
returning(verb, defending)
2
ricocheting(verb, recoiling)
1
covering(verb, defending)
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