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View definitions for defending

defending

adjective as in preclusive

noun as in insulation

noun as in patrol

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“I am simply defending my country from cultural and ethnic replacement brought on by an invasion.”

From Salon

If Tanton’s efforts had shaped the present — turning concerns about overpopulation and climate change into a proxy battle for defending a white majority on an imperiled continent — I hoped that Taylor might help me understand where this battle was headed.

From Salon

Pete Hegseth has spent the past eight years on the couch of a Fox News morning show defending President-elect Donald Trump and advocating for a conservative cultural shift in the US military, and he could soon be directing that agenda from behind the top desk at the Pentagon.

From BBC

The Cleveland High boys’ water polo team proved that axiom true once again, limiting defending champion Palisades to one goal in the final three quarters of a 15-4 victory in the City Section Open Division final Wednesday night at Valley College.

No. 4-seed Verdugo Hills made history by handing defending City champion Birmingham its first defeat in two years of its flag football program with a 12-0 victory, sending the Dons into next Wednesday’s semifinals against top-seeded San Pedro.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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