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Definition of defended : of Defend

Synonyms:

covered, safeguarded, supported, secured, upheld, countered, barricaded, protected, shielded, argued, sustained, guarded, resisted, fended, backfired, saved, buffered, sheltered, policed, counterattacked, opposed, warded, barred, averted, screened

dissented, wrestled, quarreled, faced, vied, confronted, antagonized, hassled, contended, bickered, protested, clashed, contrasted, brawled, struggled, withstood, wrangled, conflicted, stood, encountered, disputed

contravened, belied, overturned, disproved, negated, parried, confuted, contradicted, subverted

maintained, conserved, safe, preserved

echoed, answered, objected, expounded, rebutted, reacted, retorted, refuted, denied, explained, replied, returned, acknowledged, justified, responded

confessed, atoned, pleaded, regretted, repented, apologized

Usage examples:

• If saved at all, the city must be defended in the field, not in the streets. - "The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77", Samuel Adams Drake.
• Now, although solitude is a prepared, secured, defended, elaborate possession of the rich, they too deny themselves the natural solitude of a woman with a child. - "Essays", Alice Meynell.
• Others have defended it through thick and thin. - "The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller", Calvin Thomas.