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defend
verb
To ward off an attacker; to protect one's assets, or allies.
(
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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