Synonyms for defend against
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-fend |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɛnd |
Top 10 synonyms for defend against Other synonyms for the word defend against
- anticipate
- arrest
- baffle
- balk
- check
- chill
- cool
- cork
- counteract
- dam
- debar
- defend against
- foil
- forfend
- frustrate
- head off
- hold back
- hold off
- impede
- inhibit
- intercept
- interdict
- interrupt
- keep lid on
- limit
- nip in the bud
- obstruct
- obviate
- preclude
- prohibit
- put a stop to
- put an end to
- repress
- restrain
- restrict
- retard
- rule out
- shut out
- stave off
- stop
- thwart
- turn aside
- ward
- ward off
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for defend against
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