Antonyms for defend against

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-fend

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɛnd

Definition of defend against

Origin : mid-13c., from Old French defendre (12c.) "defend, resist," and directly from Latin defendere "ward off, protect, guard, allege in defense," from de- "from, away" (see de-) + -fendere "to strike, push," from PIE root *gwhen- "to strike, kill" (see bane). In the Mercian hymns, Latin defendet is glossed by Old English gescildeð. Related: Defended; defending.

As in prevent : verb keep from happening or continuing
As in stave : verb prevent

Example sentences :

The bulls usually were at the rear, to defend against wolves.
Extract from : « The Young Alaskans on the Missouri » by Emerson Hough

It was cheaper to build a deterrent than to defend against it.
Extract from : « The Next Logical Step » by Benjamin William Bova

He felt as he gazed at her that it was not only himself he must defend against her.
Extract from : « Christmas Roses and Other Stories » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

This hut is not like the one I had to defend against the Iroquois.
Extract from : « True to the Old Flag » by G. A. Henty

To defend against a conspiracy, I may properly term it—against the lawless violence of confederated associations, a vast property.
Extract from : « Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.) » by Various

Erasmus was too acute to defend against Luther the weak point of a bad cause.
Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude

It is this alone which we are bound to defend against foreign pretensions and domestic factions.
Extract from : « Memoirs of General Lafayette » by Lafayette

But the Court of Lisbon had determined to quit a country which they could not hope to defend against the master of the Continent.
Extract from : « History of Modern Europe 1972-1878 » by C. A. Fyffe

Themselves like goodly heroes / the strangers did defend Against the men of Etzel / all the long summer day.
Extract from : « The Nibelungenlied » by Unknown

On the other hand, the narrow front was easier to fortify, protect with mine-fields, and defend against attack.
Extract from : « A Short History of the Great War » by A. F. Pollard

Synonyms for defend against

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