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de·fend·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. defendingadjective

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

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  1. defending

    Defending refers to the act of protecting or safeguarding something from harm, danger, or attack. This could relate to physical entities such as people or property, or intangible aspects such as beliefs, ideas, or rights. Defending can also refer to justifying or advocating for a particular position or argument in a debate or discussion.

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  1. Defending

    of Defend

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  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. Gail Bradbrook:

    This is nature defending herself, i'm doing this for your children.

  2. Anthony Scaramucci:

    I almost got divorced through this whole fiasco, thank God my wife and I were able to put the marriage back together. I don't know why George Conway is hitting George Conway that hard. The President waited four months before The President responded. And, you know, Kellyanne Conway seems to be defending The President, so I want to stay out of that one because I don't like getting involved in people's relationships, particularly after the fiasco that I went through.

  3. Alain Djeumfa:

    We prepared our structure and formation, but Canada are fifth in the women's ranking and we are 46th, so we had to be realistic and focus on defending and hitting on the counter-attack.

  4. De Maiziere:

    The Commission should put forward a proposal ... which has the goal of when a national state is not effectively fulfilling its duty of defending the external border, then that can be taken over by Frontex.

  5. Britney Yanick:

    First, John Fetterman's campaign lied about wanting to debate Dr. Oz based on some secretive 'terms' that they won't share with anyone. Now, John Fetterman says he won't debate Doctor Oz 'in the first week of September.' That's another lie, he won't debate Doctor Oz at all, and we all know it. The WFMZ Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber debate makes TWO debates that Fetterman is ducking. So now we have two lies AND two ducked debates. We thought John Fetterman was a big tough guy, so what is he so afraid of? Is he afraid of defending his radical record of releasing murderers back on the streets? Let us know, John.

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