What does defending mean?
Definitions for defending
de·fend·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
defendingadjective
attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
Webster Dictionary
Defending
of Defend
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of defending in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of defending in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of defending in a Sentence
If we're going to have a lower (defense) number than the president of the United States is proposing, we have no credibility on saying that we are committed to defending this nation -- not when every service chief, every witness before our committee says it will devastate ... our ability to defend the nation, you can't do that and claim that you care about national defense.
Even if the defendants won every single case, the burden of having to defend themselves, of having attorneys spending their time, having to go around in rural courts all over Texas -- 258 counties -- defending themselves, that alone threatens to stop the provision of abortion access across the state.
The brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan.
At the same time, after that is done, I do want to get some more time doing what I signed up and I’m a part of the military for, which is going over and defending the country.
I have been receiving threats from various organizations, and because of those threats I even went to Dubai some time back, some organizations do not want us to continue defending this case ... Not only is my life in danger, my family is also in danger. I have therefore decided to quit this case.
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- defenderPortuguese
- 卫冕Chinese
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