Synonyms for defended
de·fend·ed

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1. List of paraphrases for "defended":

   advocated, championed, upheld, protected, defend, forbidden

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1. Mason Mount:

   What a team Man City are — you have seen what they did in the Premier League, it was such a tough game. We got a goal and defended well the whole game.

2. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi:

   The dam must be repaired because it could cause a civilian disaster, we will fix the dam and the workers will be defended by our troops, who are already present in Iraq.

3. Dominic Calvert-Lewin:

   Results create the mood, the last kick of the ball makes us go home really disappointed, we have lost two points on a long thump upfield which we should have defended, we played some good football in the second half but conceded three goals from three shots on target.

4. Lindsey Graham:

   President Clinton defended President Clinton but President Clinton never stopped being president, and I think one of the reasons that President Clinton survived is that the public may not have liked what the president had done but believed that he was still able to do his job... I'm hoping that will become the model here.

5. Rachel Cork:

   Yeah, my son defended himself, it could have been the other way around. It could have been my son, I’m the one I’m picking up and having to bury, but it wasn’t.