Antonyms for fend
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1. fendverb

   try to manage without help

   "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"

   Synonyms:
   resist, stand

2. resist, stand, fendverb

   withstand the force of something

   "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"

   Synonyms:
   jib, put up, baulk, reject, stand, stand firm, resist, abide, support, hold out, withstand, stomach, digest, suffer, balk, brook, dissent, stick out, tolerate, remain firm, place upright, endure, stand up, bear, defy, refuse, protest

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1. fendverb

   Synonyms:
   ward off, avoid, parry

How to use fend in a sentence?

1. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko:

   Our troops are at all times prepared to return equipment to their former positions and quickly fend off the enemy.

2. Shyam Saran:

   No one man is in charge. It’s a negotiating team, sometimes the India team does get preoccupied by having to fend off all these attacks, but they will not buckle under finger pointing from a small group of Western countries.

3. Jeff Dorson:

   Unfortunately, we routinely receive these type of reports, where dogs are dumped from a car or truck and left to fend for themselves along highways or back country roads, as we know all too well, people can be cruel and heartless.

4. Elizabeth Warren:

   Regulators need to rely on more than luck to fend off risks to the financial system.

5. Kunal Atit:

   Mike Garcia has made it clear from the start that Mike Garcia is in lockstep with Donald Trump and will put Trump's needs before the district, leaving CA-25 residents to' fend for themselves,' now Mike Garcia is working with the President to weave baseless conspiracy theories to disenfranchise African American and Latino voters and cast doubt on the integrity of our election. This behavior shows just how out of touch Mike Garcia is with our values.

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