Synonym: protect, safeguard, shield, support. Antonym: assail, attack, charge. Similar words: defender, defendant, defense, defensive, offender, refer, fence, offense. Meaning: [dɪ'fend] 
v. 1. argue or speak in defense of 2. be on the defensive; act against an attack 3. protect against a challenge or attack 4. fight against or resist strongly 5. protect or fight for as a champion 6. be the defense counsel for someone in a trial 7. state or assert.
v. 1. argue or speak in defense of 2. be on the defensive; act against an attack 3. protect against a challenge or attack 4. fight against or resist strongly 5. protect or fight for as a champion 6. be the defense counsel for someone in a trial 7. state or assert. 
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91. Ya wan na defend yurself, ya stay the course.
92. The schools vigorously defend the trips.
93. All: Lord, help us to defend the oppressed.
94. She needed to defend herself against this critic.
95. But I will not defend myself.
96. They were replaced by cities dependent on intensive farming to feed them and on great armies to defend them.
97. Everyone was shouting at me, and I never got a chance to defend myself.
98. Paredes saw that neither diplomacy nor duplicity were of any avail and prepared to defend the city against attack.
99. Unusual position though it is, let me defend Ratner by exploding a couple of myths.
100. Cox moved quickly to defend her record as state senator.
101. Being a veteran, you swear to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
102. For the rest of the year they wander their home ranges or defend their territories against all-comers.
103. He pledged that his administration would defend the principle of states' rights(sentencedict.com), which augured poorly for civil rights enforcement.
104. Not putting up bail or hiring lawyers to defend in any alcohol-related case.
105. But it will defend equally vigorously the rights of women who choose to look after their children full-time.
106. A large mink can also travel further and defend a larger territory.
107. Yet it is he, and not their Minister, who has to defend closure orders in Parliament.
108. But if I and mine prepare to defend the kingdom, you and yours must do the same.
109. Should we flee or stay and try to defend ourselves?
110. Would I defend him if some shooters walked through the barn door?
111. It seemed I could argue and defend handily, and I always loved debating.
112. Each was thus able to become a robust and self-aware entity, ready to defend its territory and its independence.
113. Workers' organisations were then created and expanded, with the assistance of patronage, but in order to defend workers' interests. Sentencedict.com
114. As a seedsman, how do you intend to defend your position?
115. Nevertheless, few literary movements have exhibited such an abiding preoccupation with establishing antecedents in order to defend and define their textual practices.
116. Would that as many animal lovers were as quick to speak and defend dumb animals instead of staying silent as so many do.
117. But if the worst happens, you have every right to defend yourself with reasonable force.
118. Each of us is called to defend the rights of all.
119. Uncertain how the children might react, I thought it would perhaps come in handy if I needed to defend myself.
120. At the meeting Mark made some cutting remarks about Sally, who wasn't there to defend herself.