Synonyms for defending
de·fend·ing

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1. defendingadjective

   attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring

   Antonyms:
   offensive

Matched Categories

1. • Game
   • Sport

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1. List of paraphrases for "defending":

   defend, defence, defends, upholding, advocating, defense, uphold, protecting, safeguarding, defender, championing

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How to use defending in a sentence?

1. Richard Sedillot:

   We remain extremely cautious. Everything can change from one day to the next, i am torn between an extreme sadness to learn that other (people) condemned could be executed and the relief to learn that the man I was defending for eight years could at this stage be spared.

2. Benjamin Franklin:

   It is a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.

3. Pete Blair:

   In taking that action to defend yourself, you're also defending others because that attacker is stopped.

4. Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina:

   Hillary Clinton lies about Benghazi, she lied about emails, she is still defending Planned Parenthood, and she is still her party's frontrunner, 2016 is going to be a fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of this nation. We need a nominee who is going to throw every punch, not pull punches, and someone who can not stumble before he even gets into the ring.

5. Marin Cilic:

   I'm happy with the fighting spirit today, just accepting that I wasn't playing so well, for sure (being defending champion) always has some weight to it.