Definitions for defending
de·fend·ing

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1. defendingadjective

   attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring

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1. Defending

   of Defend

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1. • Game
   • Sport

How to pronounce defending?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say defending in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of defending in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of defending in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of defending in a Sentence

1. John McCain:

   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.

2. Marc Hearron:

   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.

3. King Abdullah:

   The brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan.

4. Nathan Weber:

   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.

5. Samiullah Afridi:

   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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