Synonyms for Defend:

n.
• defend
- oppose
- support
v.
• acknowledge
- all owed
- all owing
- all-owed
- all-owing
- attesting to
- attests to
- de fend
- de fended
- de fending
- de fends
- de-fend
- de-fended
- de-fending
- de-fends
- defers to
- re cognize
- re cognized
- re cognizes
- re cognizing
- re-cognize
- re-cognized
- re-cognizes
- re-cognizing
- subscribes to
- subscribing to
- takes an oath
- takes oath
- taking an oath
- taking oath
- took oath
• advocate
- am corner
- am in corner
- are corner
- are in corner
- argued for
- argues for
- art corner
- art in corner
- be corner
- being corner
- being in corner
- braced up
- braces up
- bracing up
- campaigned for
- campaigns for
- gat bandwagon
- gat on bandwagon
- gave a leg up
- gave a lift
- gave leg up
- gave lift
- get bandwagon
- gets bandwagon
- gets on bandwagon
- getting bandwagon
- getting on bandwagon
- give leg up
- give lift
- gives a leg up
- gives a lift
- gives leg up
- gives lift
- giving a leg up
- giving a lift
- giving leg up
- giving lift
- going with
- got bandwagon
- got on bandwagon
- gotten bandwagon
- gotten on bandwagon
- held with
- holding with
- holds with
- is corner
- is in corner
- pleaded for
- pleads for
- pled for
- plumping for
- plumps for
- pressed for
- presses for
- pressing for
- pro mote
- pro motes
- pro moting
- pro pose
- pro posed
- pro posing
- pro-mote
- pro-motes
- pro-moting
- pro-pose
- pro-posing
- ran interference for
- re commend
- re commended
- re commending
- re commends
- re-commend
- re-commended
- re-commending
- re-commends
- rid shotgun for
- rides shotgun for
- riding shotgun for
- rode shotgun for
- rooted for
- roots for
- running interference for
- runs interference for
- said so
- saying so
- says so
- spake for
- speaks for
- spoke for
- spreading around
- spreads around
- stumped for
- stumping for
- stumps for
- was corner
- was in corner
- wast corner
- wast in corner
- were corner
- were in corner
- wert corner
- wert in corner
• answer
- Re-turn
- am touch
- answering back
- answers back
- are in touch
- are touch
- art in touch
- art touch
- back talked
- back talking
- back you
- backed at you
- backed you
- backing at you
- backing you
- backs at you
- backs you
- be touch
- being in touch
- being touch
- comebacked
- comebacking
- counter claim
- counter claimed
- counter claiming
- counter claims
- counter-claimed
- counter-claiming
- counter-claims
- dis prove
- dis proved
- dis proves
- dis proving
- dis-prove
- dis-proved
- dis-proves
- dis-proving
- ex plain
- ex plained
- ex plaining
- ex plains
- ex-plain
- ex-plained
- ex-plaining
- ex-plains
- feedbacked
- feedbacking
- field question
- fielded question
- fielded the question
- fielding question
- fielding the question
- fields question
- fields the question
- gat back to
- gave a snappy comeback
- gave snappy comeback
- gets back to
- getting back to
- give snappy comeback
- gives a snappy comeback
- gives snappy comeback
- giving a snappy comeback
- giving snappy comeback
- got back to
- gotten back to
- is in touch
- is touch
- re butted
- re butting
- re join
- re joined
- re joining
- re joins
- re mark
- re marked
- re marking
- re marks
- re solve
- re solves
- re solving
- re tort
- re torts
- re turn
- re turning
- re turns
- re-butted
- re-butting
- re-join
- re-joined
- re-joining
- re-joins
- re-marked
- re-marking
- re-marks
- re-solve
- re-solved
- re-solves
- re-solving
- re-tort
- re-torts
- re-turned
- re-turning
- re-turns
- shooting back
- shoots back
- shot back
- talked back
- talks back
- was in touch
- was touch
- wast in touch
- wast touch
- were in touch
- were touch
- wert in touch
- wert touch
• apologize
- atone
- confess
- regret
- repent
• argue
- de note
- de noted
- de notes
- de noting
- de-note
- de-noted
- de-notes
- de-noting
- dis play
- dis played
- dis playing
- dis plays
- dis-play
- dis-played
- dis-playing
- dis-plays
- pre sent
- pre sents
- pre-sent
- pre-sents
- prevail up on
- prevails upon
- talk in to
- talked in to
- talked into
- talking in to
- talking into
- talks in to
- talks into
• assert
- asservated
- asservates
- asservating
- popping off
- pops off
- pro claim
- pro claimed
- pro claiming
- pro claims
- pro fess
- pro fesses
- pro tested
- pro testing
- pro-claim
- pro-claimed
- pro-claiming
- pro-claims
- pro-fess
- pro-fesses
- pro-tested
- pro-testing
- putting forward
- shoot mouth
- shoot off one mouth
- shoot off ones mouth
- shoot one mouth
- shoot one wad
- shoot one's mouth
- shoot ones mouth
- shoot ones wad
- shoot wad
- shooting mouth
- shooting off mouth
- shooting off one mouth
- shooting off one's mouth
- shooting off ones mouth
- shooting one mouth
- shooting one wad
- shooting one's mouth
- shooting one's wad
- shooting ones mouth
- shooting ones wad
- shooting wad
- shoots mouth
- shoots off mouth
- shoots off one mouth
- shoots off one's mouth
- shoots off ones mouth
- shoots one mouth
- shoots one wad
- shoots one's mouth
- shoots one's wad
- shoots ones mouth
- shoots ones wad
- shoots wad
- shot mouth
- shot off mouth
- shot off one mouth
- shot off one's mouth
- shot off ones mouth
- shot one mouth
- shot one wad
- shot one's mouth
- shot one's wad
- shot ones mouth
- shot ones wad
- shot wad
- standing up for
- stands up for
• barricade
- shuts in
- shutting in
• bear arms
- carried arms
- carries arms
- carrying arms
• champion
- fighting for
- fights for
- fought for
- put a good word for
- put good word for
- put in good word for
- puts a good word for
- puts good word for
- puts in a good word for
- puts in good word for
- putting a good word for
- putting good word for
- putting in a good word for
- putting in good word for
- sided with
- sides with
- siding with
- standing behind
- stands behind
- stood behind
- thumped for
- thumping for
- thumps for
• cherish
- apprizes
- clave to
- cleaved to
- cleaves to
- cleaving to
- cleft to
- clinging to
- clove to
- clung to
- held high esteem
- hold high esteem
- holding dear
- holding high esteem
- holding in high esteem
- holds dear
- holds high esteem
- holds in high esteem
• claim
- be lieve
- be-lieve
- de clare
- de clares
- de-clare
- de-clares
- ex act
- ex acted
- ex acting
- ex acts
- ex-act
- ex-acted
- ex-acting
- ex-acts
- had dibs on something
- had dibs something
- haddest dibs on something
- haddest dibs something
- hadst dibs on something
- hadst dibs something
- has dibs on something
- has dibs something
- hast dibs on something
- hast dibs something
- hath dibs on something
- hath dibs something
- have dibs something
- having dibs on something
- having dibs something
- held out for
- hits up
- hitting up
- holding out for
- holds out for
- laid claim to
- laying claim to
- lays claim to
- pop question
- pre tend
- pre tending
- pre tends
- pre-tend
- pre-tended
- pre-tending
- pre-tends
- re quire
- re quired
- re quires
- re quiring
- re-quire
- re-quired
- re-quires
- re-quiring
- staked out
- stakes out
• communication
- defend
• contend
- wrestle
• contest
- duelled
- fighting over
- fights over
- fought over
- knuckled with
- knuckles with
- knuckling with
- laid a finger on
- laid finger on
- laying a finger on
- laying finger on
- lays a finger on
- lays finger on
- lays out
- put dukes
- put gloves
- puts dukes
- puts gloves
- puts on gloves
- puts up dukes
- putting dukes
- putting gloves
- putting on gloves
- putting up dukes
- rumpusses
- squares off
- with stand
- with standing
- with stands
- with stood
- with-stand
- with-standing
- with-stands
• cover
- watches over
• disprove
- negate
- overturn
- subvert
• endorse
- gave a boost to
- gave boost to
- gave go ahead
- gave go-ahead
- gave goahead
- gave green light
- gave nod
- gave one word
- gave one's word
- gave ones word
- gave the go ahead
- gave the go-ahead
- gave the goahead
- gave the nod
- gave word
- give boost to
- give go ahead
- give goahead
- give one word
- give ones word
- give the go ahead
- give the goahead
- gives a boost to
- gives boost to
- gives go ahead
- gives go-ahead
- gives goahead
- gives green light
- gives nod
- gives one word
- gives one's word
- gives ones word
- gives the go ahead
- gives the go-ahead
- gives the goahead
- gives the nod
- gives word
- giving a boost to
- giving boost to
- giving go ahead
- giving go-ahead
- giving goahead
- giving green light
- giving nod
- giving one word
- giving one's word
- giving ones word
- giving the go ahead
- giving the go-ahead
- giving the goahead
- giving the nod
- giving word
- lend name to
- lend one name to
- lend ones name to
- lending name to
- lending one name to
- lending one's name to
- lending ones name to
- lends name to
- lends one name to
- lends one's name to
- lends ones name to
- lent name to
- lent one name to
- lent one's name to
- lent ones name to
- rubber-stamped
- rubber-stamping
- rubberstamped
- rubberstamping
- rubberstamps
- under write
- under writes
- under writing
- under written
- under wrote
- under-write
- under-writes
- under-writing
- under-written
- under-wrote
• espouse
- gat in to
- gat into
- get in to
- gets in to
- gets into
- getting in to
- getting into
- goes in for
- going in for
- got in to
- gotten in to
- gotten into
- went in for
• excuse
- apologized for
- apologizes for
- apologizing for
- dis charge
- dis charged
- dis charges
- dis charging
- dis-charge
- dis-charged
- dis-charges
- dis-charging
- dispensed from
- dispenses from
- dispensing from
- exempted from
- exempting from
- exempts from
- gave absolution
- gives absolution
- giving absolution
- granted amnesty
- granting amnesty
- grants amnesty
- letted go
- made allowances for
- makes allowances for
- making allowances for
- over look
- over looked
- over looks
- over-look
- over-looking
- over-looks
- pleaded ignorance
- pleading ignorance
- pleads ignorance
- pled ignorance
- pre text
- pre texts
- pre-text
- pre-texts
- pretexting
- re lease
- re leases
- re-lease
- re-leased
- re-leases
- takes rap for
- taking rap for
- took rap for
- winking at
- winks at
• fence
- Mured
- co oped
- co oping
- co-oped
- co-oping
- muring
- re strict
- re-strict
- sur rounded
- sur rounding
- sur-rounded
- sur-rounding
• go to bat for
- covered for
- covering for
- covers for
- go bat for
- go the wall for
- go to wall for
- go wall for
- goes the wall for
- goes to the wall for
- goes to wall for
- goes wall for
- going the wall for
- going to the wall for
- going to wall for
- going wall for
- stands by
- sticked for
- sticked up for
- sticking for
- sticking up for
- sticks for
- sticks up for
- stuck for
- stuck up for
- went the wall for
- went to the wall for
- went to wall for
- went wall for
• guard
- baby sit
- keep eye on
- keep view
- keeping an eye on
- keeping eye on
- keeping in view
- keeping under surveillance
- keeping view
- keeps an eye on
- keeps eye on
- keeps in view
- keeps under surveillance
- keeps view
- kept eye on
- kept in view
- kept under surveillance
- kept view
- lookouted
- lookouting
- over saw
- over see
- over seeing
- over seen
- over sees
- over-saw
- over-see
- over-seen
- over-sees
- saw after
- seeing after
- sees after
- super intend
- super intended
- super intending
- super intends
- super vise
- super vised
- super vising
- super-intend
- super-intended
- super-intending
- super-intends
- super-vise
- super-vised
• harbor
- provided refuge
- provides refuge
- providing refuge
- with held
- with hold
- with holding
- with holds
- with-held
- with-hold
- with-holds
• justify
- am answerable for
- are answerable for
- art answerable for
- being answerable for
- cop plea
- did justice to
- didst justice to
- does justice to
- doest justice to
- doeth justice to
- doing justice to
- dost justice to
- doth justice to
- is answerable for
- made allowances
- makes allowances
- makes good
- making allowances
- showed cause
- showing cause
- shows cause
- spake favor
- spake in favor
- speak favor
- speaking favor
- speaking in favor
- speaks favor
- speaks in favor
- spoke favor
- spoke in favor
- was answerable for
- wast answerable for
- were answerable for
- wert answerable for
• keep
- Victualled
- ministered to
- ministering to
- ministers to
- pro vision
- pro visioned
- pro visioning
- pro visions
- pro-vision
- pro-visioned
- pro-visioning
- pro-visions
• mask
- dis simulate
- dis simulated
- dis simulates
- dis simulating
- dis-simulate
- dis-simulated
- dis-simulates
- dis-simulating
Other synonyms:

•

escort
hold out
mine

•

cocoon
cushion

•

guarantee
watch

•

mind
proof
spare

•

baby

Other relevant words:

• answer

• care for

keep safe
tend

• contend

fly in face of
go at
had at
have at
have bone to pick
jump on
jumped on
lace into
let have it
light into
lock horns with
mix it up
put up argument
ripping
set to
sock it to one
stick it to
stick to
sticks to
stuck to
went at

• cover

• fend off

fight off
keep off

• harbor

• keep off

fend off

• preserve

• protect

• rescue

save

• revenge

• screen

• tend

• vindicate

Disculpate
free from blame

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

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Equivalence
- Adjective
  defending.
- Proper noun, singular
  defending, defends.
Independent
- Proper noun, singular
  defense, munitions, ombudsmen.
- Verb, past tense
  Promoted.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  advance, are, argue, cherish, promote, represent, stand, support, uphold, Undertook, AM.
- Verb, base form
  advance, argue, conserve, contend, enforce, ensure, fend, fight, hinder, impede, justify, plead, promote, pursue, represent, resist, respond, retain, save, shield, stand, substantiate, support, sustain, uphold, vindicate.
Other Related
- Adjective
  defence.
- Proper noun, singular
  defence, defender, defences.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  assert, defence, maintain.
- Verb, base form
  assert, defence, maintain.

What are the hypernyms for Defend?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for defend (as verbs)
- communication
  take sides with, rationalise, rationalize, apologize, take someone's side, stand up, stick up, vindicate, apologise, uphold, excuse.
- competition
  ward off, check, turn back, protect, bulwark, hold back, contain, stop, arrest.

What are the hyponyms for Defend?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for defend (as verbs)
- communication
  argue, affirm, reason.
- competition
  prevent, keep, protect.

What are the opposite words for defend?

Antonyms, or opposite words, for the verb "defend" include attack, assail, assault, harm, hurt, injure, offend, oppress, and violate. While "defend" typically refers to protecting oneself or others, the opposite words imply aggression, violence, or harm towards one's enemies or victims. An attacker may go on the offensive, assault someone physically or verbally, or violate their personal rights. Oppressed individuals may also suffer harm or injury at the hands of those who refuse to defend them. These antonyms serve as a reminder that defending oneself or others is a critical component of promoting safety and security, and that attacking or hurting others should be discouraged.

What are the antonyms for Defend?

adj.
• noun
- quit
n.
• boycott
- boycott
• noun
- desert
- discard
- leave
- libel
- reject
- slander
- surrender
v.
• abandon
- Withdrew
- de sert
- de-sert
- dis card
- dis carded
- dis carding
- dis cards
- dis continue
- dis continued
- dis continues
- dis continuing
- dis owned
- dis owning
- dis-card
- dis-carded
- dis-carding
- dis-cards
- dis-continue
- dis-continued
- dis-continues
- dis-continuing
- dis-owned
- dis-owning
- flake out
- flaked out
- flakes out
- flaking out
- flew coop
- flew the coop
- flies coop
- flies the coop
- fly coop
- fly the coop
- flying coop
- flying the coop
- gave ship
- gave the ship
- gave up ship
- gave up the ship
- give ship
- give the ship
- give up ship
- give up the ship
- gives ship
- gives the ship
- gives up ship
- gives up the ship
- giving ship
- giving the ship
- giving up ship
- giving up the ship
- kiss goodbye
- kissed goodbye
- kisses goodbye
- kissing goodbye
- leave behind
- leaves behind
- leaving behind
- left behind
- leg it
- legged it
- legging it
- legs it
- let go
- lets go
- letted go
- letting go
- ran out on
- run out on
- running out on
- runs out on
- ship out
- shipped out
- shipping out
- ships out
- storm out
- stormed out
- storming out
- storms out
- sur render
- take a powder
- take a walk
- take powder
- take walk
- takes a powder
- takes a walk
- takes powder
- takes walk
- taking a powder
- taking a walk
- taking powder
- taking walk
- took a powder
- took a walk
- took powder
- took walk
- wash hands of
- washed hands of
- washes hands of
- washing hands of
- with draw
- with drawing
- with drawn
- with draws
- with drew
- with-draw
- with-drawing
- with-drawn
- with-draws
- with-drew
• abandon, surrender
- cede
• abdicate
- Forgone
- bag it
- bagged it
- bagging it
- bags it
- forgoing
- give up
- leave high and dry
- leave high dry
- leave holding bag
- leave holding the bag
- leave in lurch
- leave lurch
- leave the lurch
- leaved high and dry
- leaved high dry
- leaved holding bag
- leaved holding the bag
- leaves high and dry
- leaves high dry
- leaves holding bag
- leaves holding the bag
- leaving high and dry
- leaving high dry
- leaving holding bag
- leaving holding the bag
- left high and dry
- left high dry
- left holding bag
- left holding the bag
- left in the lurch
- re tire
- re tired
- re tires
- re tiring
- re-sign
- re-signing
- re-tire
- re-tires
- re-tiring
• abuse
- HOSED
- Illtreat
- Misemploy
- Trashed
- bad mouth
- badmouth
- bang up
- banged up
- banging up
- bangs up
- be little
- be littles
- be rate
- be rated
- be rates
- be rating
- be-little
- be-littles
- be-rate
- be-rated
- be-rates
- be-rating
- blew off
- blow off
- blowing off
- blows off
- bung up
- bunged up
- bunging up
- bungs up
- cuss out
- cussed out
- cusses out
- cussing out
- cut quick
- cut the quick
- cut to quick
- cut to the quick
- cuts quick
- cuts the quick
- cuts to quick
- cuts to the quick
- cutting quick
- cutting the quick
- cutting to quick
- cutting to the quick
- de cried
- de cries
- de cry
- de crying
- de fame
- de famed
- de fames
- de faming
- de file
- de filed
- de files
- de filing
- de-cried
- de-cries
- de-cry
- de-crying
- de-fame
- de-famed
- de-fames
- de-faming
- de-file
- de-filed
- de-files
- de-filing
- did a number on
- did an injustice to
- did injustice to
- did number on
- didst a number on
- didst an injustice to
- didst injustice to
- didst number on
- dis counted
- dis counting
- dis counts
- dis-counted
- dis-counting
- dis-counts
- do an injustice to
- do injustice to
- do number on
- does a number on
- does an injustice to
- does injustice to
- does number on
- doest a number on
- doest an injustice to
- doest injustice to
- doest number on
- doeth a number on
- doeth an injustice to
- doeth injustice to
- doeth number on
- doing a number on
- doing an injustice to
- doing injustice to
- doing number on
- dost a number on
- dost an injustice to
- dost injustice to
- dost number on
- doth a number on
- doth an injustice to
- doth injustice to
- doth number on
- dump on
- dumped on
- dumping on
- dumps on
- gave a black eye
- gave black eye
- give a black eye
- give black eye
- gives a black eye
- hosing
- hurl brickbat
- hurled brickbat
- hurls brickbat
- imposed on
- imposing on
- maltreat
- mis employing
- mis handle
- mis handled
- mis handles
- mis handling
- mis treat
- mis treated
- mis treating
- mis treats
- mis used
- mis using
- mis-employ
- mis-employed
- mis-employs
- mis-handle
- mis-handled
- mis-handles
- mis-handling
- mis-treat
- mis-treated
- mis-treating
- mis-treats
- mis-used
- mis-using
- misemployed
- misemploying
- misemploys
- molest
- over burden
- over burdened
- over burdening
- over burdens
- over tax
- over taxes
- over taxing
- over worked
- over working
- over works
- over-burden
- over-burdened
- over-burdening
- over-tax
- over-taxed
- over-taxes
- over-taxing
- over-worked
- over-works
- over-wrought
- overtax
- overtaxed
- overtaxes
- overtaxing
- pollute
- rag on
- ragged on
- rags on
- re vile
- re-vile
- rip up
- ripped up
- ripping up
- rips up
- roughhoused
- roughhousing
- ruin
- sling mud
- slinging mud
- slings mud
- slung mud
- spoilt
- swear at
- swearing at
- swears at
- swore at
- tare apart
- tears apart
- tore apart
- torn apart
- up braid
- up braided
- up braids
- up-braid
- up-braided
- up-braiding
- up-braids
- zinged
• accept
- defer to
- deferred to
- deferring to
- defers to
- don't make waves
- don't rock boat
- don't rock the boat
- dont make waves
- dont rock boat
- dont rock the boat
- fit in
- fits in
- fitting in
- go along with
- live with
- lived with
- living with
- play game
- play the game
- played the game
- playing game
- playing the game
- plays game
- re cognize
- re cognized
- re cognizes
- re cognizing
- re spect
- re spects
- re-cognized
- re-cognizing
- re-spect
- re-spects
- sat still for
- sate still for
- sit still for
- sits still for
- sitting still for
- submits to
- submitted to
- submitting to
- yield to
- yielded to
- yielding to
- yields to
• accuse
- blow whistle
- bring charges
- bringing charges
- brings charges
- brought charges
- file claim
- filed claim
- files claim
- filing claim
- hang something on
- hanged something on
- hangs something on
- held accountable
- hold accountable
- holding accountable
- holds accountable
- hung something on
- in criminate
- in criminates
- in criminating
- in-criminate
- in-criminated
- in-criminates
- in-criminating
- in-dict
- laid at door
- laid door
- laying at door
- laying door
- lays at door
- lays door
- let have it
- lets have it
- letted have it
- letting have it
- lodges complaint
- lodging complaint
- point finger at
- pointed finger at
- re criminate
- re criminated
- re criminates
- re-criminate
- re-criminated
- re-criminating
- recriminated
- recriminates
- recriminating
- served summons
- serves summons
- serving summons
• assault physically
- attack
• attack
- Brained
- Braining
- Larruped
- Larruping
- Vilified
- be set
- be sets
- be setting
- be siege
- be sieged
- be sieges
- be sieging
- be-set
- be-sets
- be-setting
- be-siege
- be-sieged
- be-sieges
- be-sieging
- beaned
- beaning
- blistered
- blitzed
- blitzing
- boff
- boffed
- boffing
- boffs
- chop down
- chopped down
- chopping down
- chops down
- clocked
- clocking
- co oked
- co oking
- co-oked
- co-oking
- deal with
- dive in to
- dive into
- dived in to
- dived into
- dives in to
- dives into
- diving in to
- diving into
- in filtrate
- in filtrated
- in filtrating
- in-filtrate
- in-filtrates
- in-filtrating
- jump down one throat
- jump down one's throat
- jump down throat
- jump on case
- jump on one's case
- jump on ones case
- jump one case
- jump one's case
- jumped case
- jumped down one's throat
- jumped down ones throat
- jumped down throat
- jumped on case
- jumped on one case
- jumped on one's case
- jumped on ones case
- jumped one case
- jumped one's case
- jumped ones case
- jumping down one throat
- jumping down ones throat
- jumping down throat
- jumping on case
- jumping on one case
- jumping on one's case
- jumping one case
- jumping one's case
- jumping ones case
- jumps down one throat
- jumps down one's throat
- jumps down ones throat
- jumps down throat
- jumps on one case
- jumps on one's case
- jumps one case
- jumps ones case
- knock block off
- knock cold
- knock for a loop
- knock for loop
- knocked block off
- knocked cold
- knocked for a loop
- knocked for loop
- knocking block off
- knocking cold
- knocking for a loop
- knocking for loop
- knocks block off
- knocks cold
- knocks for a loop
- knocks for loop
- laid siege to
- larrup
- larrups
- lay in to
- lay siege to
- laying siege to
- lays siege to
- light in to
- lighted in to
- lighted into
- lighting in to
- lighting into
- lights in to
- lights into
- lit in to
- lit into
- over whelm
- over whelmed
- over whelming
- over whelms
- over-whelm
- over-whelmed
- over-whelming
- over-whelms
- overwhelms
- plunge in to
- plunge into
- plunged in to
- plunged into
- plunges in to
- plunges into
- plunging in to
- plunging into
- pounce up on
- pounce upon
- pounced up on
- pounced upon
- pounces up on
- pounces upon
- pouncing up on
- pouncing upon
- re prove
- re proved
- re proves
- re-prove
- re-proved
- re-proves
- re-proving
- set to
- set up on
- set upon
- sets to
- sets up on
- sets upon
- setting to
- setting up on
- setting upon
- shoot down
- shooting down
- shoots down
- shot down
- start in on
- start on
- started on
- starting on
- starts in on
- starts on
- take offensive
- take the offensive
- takes offensive
- takes the offensive
- taking offensive
- taking the offensive
- tare in to
- tare into
- tear in to
- tear into
- tearing in to
- tearing into
- tears in to
- took offensive
- took the offensive
- tore in to
- tore into
- torn in to
- torn into
- turning on
- whop
- whopped
- whops
• attribute
- impute
• back up
- lending support
- lends support
- lent support
- pro moting
- pro-mote
- pro-motes
- pro-moting
- pull for
- pulled for
- pulling for
- pulls for
- re treating
- re treats
- re-treat
- re-treated
- re-treating
- re-treats
- stand behind
- standing by
- stands behind
- stands by
- stood behind
- stood by
• belittle, ridicule
- depreciate
• betray
- DIMES
- am unfaithful
- are unfaithful
- art unfaithful
- be tray
- be trays
- be unfaithful
- be-tray
- be-trays
- being unfaithful
- bit hand feeds you
- bit hand that feeds you
- bit the hand feeds you
- bit the hand that feeds you
- bite hand feeds you
- bite hand that feeds you
- bite the hand feeds you
- bite the hand that feeds you
- bites hand feeds you
- bites hand that feeds you
- bites the hand feeds you
- bites the hand that feeds you
- biting hand feeds you
- biting hand that feeds you
- biting the hand feeds you
- biting the hand that feeds you
- blurt out
- blurted out
- blurting out
- blurts out
- brake promise
- brake trust
- break promise
- break trust
- breaking promise
- breaking trust
- breaks promise
- breaks trust
- broke promise
- broke trust
- commit treason
- commits treason
- committed treason
- committing treason
- de lude
- de ludes
- de-lude
- de-ludes
- deliver up
- delivered up
- delivering up
- delivers up
- dime
- dimed
- diming
- dis close
- dis closed
- dis closes
- dis closing
- dis-close
- dis-closed
- dis-closes
- dis-closing
- double cross
- doublecross
- fink on
- finked on
- finking on
- forsake
- go back on
- in form
- in forming
- in forms
- in-forming
- in-forms
- inform against
- inform on
- informed against
- informed on
- informing against
- informing on
- informs against
- informs on
- is unfaithful
- laid bare
- lay bare
- laying bare
- let slip
- lets slip
- letted slip
- letting slip
- made known
- make known
- makes known
- making known
- mis lead
- mis leading
- mis leads
- mis-lead
- mis-leading
- mis-leads
- play false
- played false
- playing false
- playing judas
- plays false
- plays judas
- rat on
- rats on
- ratted on
- ratting on
- re veals
- re-veal
- re-veals
- sell down river
- sell down the river
- selling down river
- selling down the river
- sells down river
- sells down the river
- sold down river
- sold down the river
- stab back
- stab in back
- stab the back
- stooled
- stooling
- tell on
- telling on
- tells on
- told on
- turn informer
- turn state evidence
- turn state's evidence
- turn states evidence
- turned informer
- turned state evidence
- turned state's evidence
- turned states evidence
- turning informer
- turning state evidence
- turning state's evidence
- turning states evidence
- turns informer
- turns state evidence
- turns state's evidence
- turns states evidence
- un cover
- un covered
- un covering
- un covers
- un mask
- un masked
- un masking
- un masks
- un-cover
- un-covering
- un-covers
- un-mask
- un-masked
- un-masking
- un-masks
- was unfaithful
- wast unfaithful
- were unfaithful
- wert unfaithful
• bow
- Caved
- Caving
- Knuckled
- Knuckling
- am servile
- are servile
- art servile
- be servile
- being servile
- curtsied
- curtsying
- de base
- de based
- de basing
- de-base
- de-based
- de-basing
- did obeisance
- didst obeisance
- do obeisance
- does obeisance
- doest obeisance
- doing obeisance
- dost obeisance
- doth obeisance
- gave in
- in cline
- in clines
- in-cline
- in-clines
- is servile
- knuckle
- knuckles
- was servile
- wast servile
- were servile
- wert servile
• capitulate
- buckle under
- buckled under
- buckles under
- buckling under
- came terms
- came to terms
- cave in
- caved in
- caves in
- caving in
- come terms
- come to terms
- comes terms
- comes to terms
- coming terms
- coming to terms
- folding
- gave away store
- gave away the store
- give away store
- give away the store
- give out
- gives away store
- gives away the store
- giving away store
- giving away the store
• cede
- Remise
- Remised
- Remising
- aliened
- aliening
- all owed
- all owing
- all-owed
- all-owing
- came across with
- come across with
- comes across with
- coming across with
- deeded
- deeding
- fork over
- forked over
- forking over
- forks over
- hand over
- made over
- make over
- makes over
- making over
- part with
- parted with
- parting with
- parts with
- re mise
- re mises
- re-mise
- re-mises
- remises
- sign over
- signed over
- signing over
- signs over
- threw in sponge
- threw in the sponge
- threw in the towel
- threw in towel
- threw sponge
- threw the sponge
- threw the towel
- threw towel
- throw in sponge
- throw in the sponge
- throw in the towel
- throw in towel
- throw sponge
- throw the sponge
- throw the towel
- throw towel
- throwing in sponge
- throwing in the sponge
- throwing in towel
- throwing sponge
- throwing the sponge
- throwing the towel
- throwing towel
- throws in sponge
- throws in the sponge
- throws in the towel
- throws in towel
- throws sponge
- throws the sponge
- throws the towel
- throws towel
• censure
- Animadverted
- Animadverting
- Disciplining
- animadvert
- animadverts
- carp at
- carped at
- carping at
- carps at
- dis approve
- dis approved
- dis approves
- dis approving
- dis-approve
- dis-approved
- dis-approves
- dis-approving
- disciplined
- ex probate
- ex probated
- ex probates
- ex probating
- ex-probate
- ex-probated
- ex-probates
- ex-probating
- exprobate
- exprobated
- exprobates
- exprobating
- find fault with
- finding fault with
- finds fault with
- found fault with
- gat after
- get after
- gets after
- getting after
- got after
- gotten after
- look askance
- looked askance
- looks askance
- picked apart
- picking apart
- picks apart
- pull apart
- pulled apart
- pulling apart
- pulls apart
- re buff
- re buffed
- re buffing
- re buffs
- re-buffed
- re-buffing
- re-buffs
- read out
- reading out
- reads out
- take task
- take to task
- takes task
- takes to task
- taking task
- taking to task
- took to task
• complain
- Fussed
- Fussing
- be moan
- be moaned
- be moaning
- be moans
- be wail
- be wailed
- be wailing
- be wails
- be-moan
- be-moaned
- be-moaning
- be-moans
- be-wail
- be-wailed
- be-wailing
- be-wails
- beefed
- beefing
- dis agree
- dis agreed
- dis agreeing
- dis agrees
- dis sent
- dis sents
- dis-agree
- dis-agreed
- dis-agreeing
- dis-agrees
- dis-sent
- dis-sents
- ex postulate
- ex postulated
- ex postulates
- ex postulating
- ex-postulate
- ex-postulated
- ex-postulates
- ex-postulating
- finds fault
- found fault
- groused
- grousing
- kick fuss
- kick up a fuss
- kick up fuss
- kicked a fuss
- kicked fuss
- kicked up a fuss
- kicked up fuss
- kicking fuss
- kicking up a fuss
- kicks a fuss
- kicks fuss
- kicks up fuss
- made fuss
- make a fuss
- make fuss
- makes a fuss
- makes fuss
- making a fuss
- making fuss
- pro tested
- pro testing
- pro-tested
- pro-testing
- re pine
- re pined
- re-pine
- re-pined
- re-pines
- re-pining
- sound off
- sounding off
- sounds off
- take exception to
- takes exception to
- taking exception to
- took exception to
• comply, endure
- submit
• concede
- buried hatchet
- buried the hatchet
- buries hatchet
- buries the hatchet
- bury hatchet
- burying hatchet
- burying the hatchet
- dittoed
- dittoing
- go with flow
- go with the flow
- goes with flow
- goes with the flow
- going with flow
- going with the flow
- own up
- owned up
- owning up
- owns up
- played ball with
- playing ball with
- plays ball with
- said uncle
- say uncle
- saying uncle
- says uncle
- went with flow
- went with the flow
- yes one
- yeses one
- yessed one
- yesses one
• criticize harshly
- fulminate
- lash
• criticize very harshly
- vilify
• damn
- DRAT
- Denunciate
- Dooming
- cast out
- casting out
- casts out
- complain of
- complained of
- complaining of
- complains of
- cried down
- cries down
- cry down
- crying down
- denunciated
- denunciates
- denunciating
- drats
- dratted
- dratting
- ex communicate
- ex communicated
- ex communicates
- ex communicating
- ex-communicate
- ex-communicated
- ex-communicates
- ex-communicating
- fulminated against
- fulminating against
- inveigle against
- inveigled against
- inveigles against
- inveigling against
- objected to
- objecting to
- objects to
- pro scribe
- pro scribed
- pro scribes
- pro scribing
- pro-scribe
- pro-scribed
- thunder against
- thundered against
- thundering against
- thunders against
• debauch
- de flower
- de flowered
- de flowering
- de flowers
- de moralize
- de moralized
- de moralizes
- de moralizing
- de-flower
- de-flowered
- de-flowering
- de-flowers
- de-moralize
- de-moralized
- de-moralizes
- de-moralizing
- go bad
- go hell
- go to hell
- goes bad
- goes hell
- goes to hell
- going bad
- going hell
- going to hell
- lead astray
- leading astray
- leads astray
- live gutter
- live in gutter
- live in the gutter
- live the gutter
- lived gutter
- lived in gutter
- lived in the gutter
- lived the gutter
- lives gutter
- lives in gutter
- lives in the gutter
- living gutter
- living in gutter
- living in the gutter
- living the gutter
- went bad
- went hell
- went to hell
• deliver
- de liver
- de livered
- de livering
- de livers
- de-liver
- de-livered
- de-livering
- de-livers
• deprave, corrupt
- debauch
• depreciate
- Dispraised
- Dispraising
- Faulted
- clamor against
- clamored against
- clamoring against
- clamors against
- de ride
- de rides
- de riding
- de tract
- de tracts
- de-ride
- de-rides
- de-riding
- de-tract
- de-tracts
- dis countenance
- dis countenanced
- dis countenances
- dis countenancing
- dis credit
- dis credited
- dis crediting
- dis credits
- dis grace
- dis graced
- dis graces
- dis gracing
- dis praise
- dis praised
- dis praises
- dis praising
- dis-countenance
- dis-countenanced
- dis-countenances
- dis-countenancing
- dis-credit
- dis-credited
- dis-crediting
- dis-credits
- dis-grace
- dis-graced
- dis-graces
- dis-gracing
- dis-praise
- dis-praised
- dis-praises
- dis-praising
- dispraise
- dispraises
- scoff at
- scoffed at
- scoffing at
- scoffs at
- sneer at
- sneered at
- sneering at
- sneers at
- take down a peg
- takes down a peg
- takes down peg
- taking down a peg
- taking down peg
- took down peg
- under estimate
- under estimated
- under estimates
- under rate
- under rated
- under rates
- under rating
- under value
- under valued
- under values
- under-estimate
- under-estimated
- under-estimates
- under-estimating
- under-rate
- under-rated
- under-rates
- under-rating
- under-value
- under-valued
- under-values
- under-valuing
• die or surrender
- succumb
• forgo
- go on the wagon
- go on wagon
- go the wagon
- go wagon
- goes on the wagon
- goes on wagon
- goes the wagon
- goes wagon
- going on the wagon
- going on wagon
- going the wagon
- going wagon
- leave out
- leaved alone
- leaves alone
- leaves out
- leaving alone
- leaving out
- left alone
- pack in
- packed in
- packing in
- packs in
- pass on
- pass up
- passed on
- passed up
- passes on
- passes up
- passing on
- passing up
- sate out
- sit out
- sits out
- sitting out
- sware off
- swear off
- swearing off
- swears off
- swore off
- take cure
- take oath
- take the cure
- take the oath
- takes cure
- takes the cure
- taking cure
- taking oath
- taking the cure
- taking the oath
- took cure
- took oath
- took the cure
- took the oath
- went on the wagon
- went on wagon
- went the wagon
- went wagon
• fulminate
- Menaced
- Railed
- Reprobated
- Reprobating
- de claim
- de claimed
- de claiming
- de claims
- de-claim
- de-claimed
- de-claiming
- de-claims
- inveigh against
- inveighed against
- inveighing against
- inveighs against
- re probate
- re probated
- re probating
- re-probate
- re-probated
- re-probates
- re-probating
- sware at
• give in
- capitulate
• give in, surrender
- yield
• give up a right, position, or power
- abdicate
• give up responsibility
- resign
• give up, let go
- relinquish
• grumble
- snarl
• grumble about
- complain
• hand over
- Handing
- fork out
- fork up
- forked out
- forked up
- forking out
- forks out
- forks up
- handed
- pre sent
- pre-sent
- pre-sents
- pro vide
- pro vided
- pro vides
- pro viding
- pro-vide
- pro-vided
- pro-vides
- pro-viding
- re legate
- re legates
- re-legate
- re-legates
• implicate
- in sinuate
- in sinuated
- in sinuates
- in sinuating
- in-sinuate
- in-sinuates
- in-sinuating
- laid at one door
- laid at one's door
- laid at ones door
- laid one door
- laid one's door
- laid ones door
- lay at door
- lay at one door
- lay at one's door
- lay at ones door
- lay door
- lay one door
- lay one's door
- lay ones door
- laying at one door
- laying at one's door
- laying at ones door
- laying one door
- laying one's door
- laying ones door
- lays at one door
- lays at one's door
- lays at ones door
- lays one door
- lays one's door
- lays ones door
- pointing finger at
- points finger at
- re late
- re-lated
• imply, involve
- implicate
• impute
- hanging something on
- in dict
- indict
- referenced
- referencing
• jettison
- deep sixed
- deep sixing
- deep-six
- deep-sixed
- deep-sixes
- deep-sixing
- deepsix
- deepsixed
- deepsixes
- deepsixing
- junked
- un load
- un loaded
- un loading
- un loads
- un-load
- un-loads
• lash
- be labor
- be labored
- be laboring
- be labors
- be-labor
- be-labored
- be-laboring
- be-labors
- tongue lash
- tongue lashed
- tongue lashes
- tongue lashing
- tongue-lash
- tongue-lashed
- tongue-lashes
- tonguelash
- tonguelashed
- tonguelashes
- tonguelashing
• leave behind, relinquish
- abandon
• move backward
- back up
• noun
- bombard
- cave
- controvert
- disprove
- rebut
- refute
- reverse
- switch
- take back
• physically hurt or injure
- abuse
• place blame for wrongdoing, fault
- accuse
• protect
- aid
- assist
- deny
- discourage
- endanger
- forget
- harm
- help
- hurt
- ignore
- injure
- lose
- make peace
- neglect
- release
- renounce
- reveal
- squander
- support
- uncover
- waste
• rail
- objurate
- objurated
- objurates
- objurating
• rape
- de spoil
- de spoiled
- de spoiling
- de spoils
- de-spoil
- de-spoiled
- de-spoiling
- de-spoils
• relinquish
- drop like hot potato
- dropped like hot potato
- dropping like hot potato
- drops like hot potato
- dropt like hot potato
- kissed good bye
- kissed good-bye
- kisses good bye
- kisses good-bye
- kissing good bye
- kissing good-bye
- laid aside
- lay aside
- laying aside
- quit cold turkey
- quits cold turkey
- quitted cold turkey
- quitting cold turkey
- re lease
- re leases
- re-lease
- re-leased
- re-leases
- retire from
- retired from
- retires from
- retiring from
- stand down
- standing down
- stands down
- stood down
- take pledge
- take the pledge
- takes pledge
- takes the pledge
- taking pledge
- taking the pledge
- took pledge
- took the pledge
• relinquish possession
- deliver
• resign
- Re sign
- cease work
- ceased work
- ceases work
- ceasing work
- divorce from
- divorce oneself from
- divorced from
- divorced oneself from
- divorces from
- divorces oneself from
- divorcing from
- divorcing oneself from
- end service
- ended service
- ending service
- ends service
- gave notice
- give notice
- gives notice
- giving notice
- hand in resignation
- hand resignation
- handed in resignation
- handed resignation
- handing in resignation
- handing resignation
- hands in resignation
- hands resignation
- hang it up
- hang up
- hanged it up
- hanged up
- hanging it up
- hanging up
- hung it up
- re signed
- re signing
- re signs
- re-signed
- re-signs
- separate oneself from
- separated from
- separated oneself from
- separates from
- separates oneself from
- separating from
- sign off
- signed off
- signing off
- signs off
- stand aside
- stands aside
- step down
- stood aside
- walked out
- walks out
• sexual assault by force; act of plunder
- rape
• show support for
- blame
- condemn
- disapprove
- oppose
- protest
- punish
- sentence
• snarl
- Gnarling
- gnarl
- gnarls
- gnashed teeth
- gnashes teeth
- showed teeth
• social
- prosecute
• submit
- am submissive
- are submissive
- art submissive
- be submissive
- being submissive
- gave ground
- gave way
- give ground
- give way
- gives ground
- giving ground
- giving way
- grin and bear it
- grin bear it
- grinned and bear it
- grinned bear it
- grinning and bear it
- grinning bear it
- grins bear it
- humoring
- is submissive
- laid down arms
- lay down arms
- lays down arms
- put up with
- put with
- putting up with
- putting with
- resign oneself
- resigned oneself
- resigning oneself
- resigns oneself
- toe line
- was submissive
- wast submissive
- were submissive
- wert submissive
- with stand
- with standing
- with stands
- with stood
- with-stand
- with-standing
- with-stands
• succumb
- Demised
- Demising
- brake down
- breaking down
- breaks down
- broke down
- de cease
- de ceased
- de ceases
- de ceasing
- de mise
- de mises
- de part
- de parted
- de parting
- de parts
- de-cease
- de-ceased
- de-ceases
- de-ceasing
- de-mise
- de-mises
- de-part
- de-parted
- de-parting
- de-parts
- ex pire
- ex-pire
- fall victim to
- falls victim to
- fell victim to
- gave ghost
- gave into
- gave the ghost
- gave to
- gave up ghost
- gave up the ghost
- give ghost
- give in to
- give the ghost
- give to
- give up ghost
- give up the ghost
- gives ghost
- gives in to
- gives into
- gives the ghost
- gives up the ghost
- giving ghost
- giving in to
- giving into
- giving to
- giving up ghost
- giving up the ghost
- meet waterloo
- pack it in
- packing it in
- packs it in
- show white flag
- showed white flag
- showing white flag
- shows white flag
- take count
- take the count
- takes count
- takes the count
- taking count
- taking the count
- took count
- took the count
• surrender
- ate humble pie
- eat humble pie
- eating humble pie
- eats humble pie
- fore going
- fore gone
- fore went
- fore-going
- fore-gone
- fore-went
- play dead
- played dead
- playing dead
- plays dead
- put up white flag
- put white flag
- puts white flag
- putting up white flag
- putting white flag
- rolled over
- rolling over
- rolls over
- sur rendered
- sur rendering
- sur renders
- sur-render
- sur-rendered
- sur-rendering
- sur-renders
- toss in
- tossed in
- tossed it in
- tosses in
- tosses it in
- tossing in
- tossing it in
• threaten
- co wed
- co wing
- co-wed
- co-wing
- comminate
- comminated
- comminates
- comminating
- flex muscles
- flexed muscles
- flexes muscles
- flexing muscles
- fore bode
- fore boded
- fore bodes
- fore boding
- fore warn
- fore warned
- fore warns
- fore-bode
- fore-boded
- fore-bodes
- fore-boding
- fore-warn
- fore-warning
- fore-warns
- look daggers
- looked daggers
- looking daggers
- make threat
- pre sage
- pre sages
- pre-sage
- pre-sages
- pressurize
- pressurized
- pressurizing
- push around
- pushed around
- pushing around
- shake fist at
- shakes fist at
- shaking fist at
- shook fist at
- walked heavy
- walking heavy
- walks heavy
• vilify
- call down
- called down
- calling down
- calls down
- caluminate
- caluminated
- caluminates
- caluminating
- mudsling
- mudslinged
- mudslings
- put a whammy on
- put whammy on
- puts a whammy on
- puts whammy on
- putting a whammy on
- putting whammy on
- skin alive
- skinned alive
- skinning alive
- skins alive
- spake ill of
- speak ill of
- speaks ill of
- spoke ill of
- voodooed
- voodooing
• warn, pressure
- threaten
• yield
- admit defeat
- admits defeat
- admitted defeat
- admitting defeat
- call it quits
- call quits
- called it quits
- called quits
- calling it quits
- calling quits
- calls it quits
- calls quits
- fold up
- folded up
- folding up
- folds up
- gave oneself over
- gave over
- give oneself over
- give over
- gives oneself over
- gives over
- giving oneself over
- re lax
- re-lax
- suffer defeat
- suffered defeat
- suffering defeat
- suffers defeat
v. i.
• noun
- backbite
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Usage examples for Defend

You'll have some one to defend you, and then you can ask all the questions you wish.

"The Eye of Dread"

Payne Erskine

In the end he assured her that whatever might happen, he would never abandon her and would always defend her.

"In Desert and Wilderness"

Henryk Sienkiewicz

It is easier to defend one's self against a lion.

"In Desert and Wilderness"

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Famous quotes with Defend

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Edward Abbey
You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.

Diane Abbott
I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable and efficient enough to defend the sovereignty of the nation.

John Abizaid
As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend.

Jack Abramoff

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