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defendedverbpast tense of defend to drive danger or attack away froma solemn oath to defend the mother country at any cost bulwarked, covered, fenced, fended, forfended, guarded, kept, protected, safeguarded, screened, secured, shielded, warded averted, preventedopposed, resisted, withstoodbattled, contended, fought, warredconserved, preserved, savedbuffered, palisaded, picketed, walled stood up for assailed, assaulted, attacked bombarded, stormedbeset, besieged, overrancapitulated, caved, submitted, yielded to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objectionsshe will pigheadedly defend any claim regardless of all evidence to the contrary justified, maintained, supported, upheld advocated, championed, espousedconfirmed, vindicated, warrantedaffirmed, asserted, averred, avouched, avowed, claimed, contended, insisted, pleaded(or pled also plead), proclaimed, professed, protested, statedargued, debated, discussedemphasized, stressed, underlined, underscored stood up for, stuck up for abandoned, abjured, forsook, recanted, retracted, took back, withdrewreversed, switchedcontroverted, disproved, rebutted, refuted |