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verb 
  1. To ward off an attacker; to protect one's assets, or allies.
  2. (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
Etymology: defenden, from defendre (French défendre), from defendere, dÄfendere, to ward off.

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