defend
Example Sentences
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Patel, an avid hockey fan, has defended the trip, arguing that the timing was coincidental with meetings he had been planning to attend with the FBI’s European counterparts.
Lipschultz took to the airwaves, holding television interviews to defend his firm and private credit as an industry.
"I wanted to be fair, neither defending my player nor attacking the other."
From BBC
It took countries like Ukraine and Israel time to learn how to effectively defend against the threat of drones fired by adversaries.
"There is no indication of its intentions. At the moment it is stretched thin, busy defending the country and trying to limit the damage," he added.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
