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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211. Minorities are in a position of having to defend themselves against that charge.
212. The Kennel Club defend themselves against accusations that they do not do enough to curtail irresponsible breeding.
213. The pro-reform directors are now organising to defend these interests.
214. But Momich has been forced to defend his right to operate his business in the courts.
215. We will defend vigorously the libel proceedings commenced us by Virgin and its owner and any other proceedings they choose to commence.
216. Criticize or defend this claim in terms of evidence based on the information presented in chapters 3 through 6. 14.
217. In contrast, female clownfish lay their eggs around sea anemones which they subsequently help to defend.
218. Firms may use advertising to defend their existing position or to signal to potential entrants that incursions will be challenged.
219. Understanding the Role of Antibodies Antibodies are protein substances manufactured by the human immune system to help defend us against diseases.
220. If you just try to defend and hold out against them, it wears you down.
221. He can defend us, can separate us from the past, from the concentration camps and lost wars.
222. Even the most loyal officials found it increasingly difficult to defend serfdom on moral grounds.
223. A promising young lawyer assigned to defend a murder suspect finds her client so appealing, she helps him escape.
224. These deer tend to form large herds, and during the breeding season males defend large harems of females.
225. The Fernandez duo will attempt to defend their 1992 gold medal.
226. But this assumption is what an opponent of a holist theory of history needs to defend.
227. Up there, it was like trying to defend cholera to a bunch of doctors.
228. Law and custom thus defend the family as the prime agent of socialisation only in so far as it fulfils the task currently prescribed.
229. Three cavalry companies gave pursuit, but were scattered when the warriors turned to defend a lava escarpment.
230. They had been driven by brute necessity to defend one country.
231. Okioc has been forced to defend its prospecting by calling in experts to look at the seal deaths.
232. Men must define and defend the larger dimensions of their sexuality by external activity.
233. Yet far from seeking to defend free speech, the Government is proposing to subject the media to even fewer controls.sentencedict.com/defend.html
234. Yet it is very much less easy to defend the policy of expecting parents to buy their children's books.
235. Since Devon seldom attended the groups' meetings, Ray was left to defend his position alone.
236. His father was ageing, unsure, falling back on old prejudices to defend his position.
237. Meanwhile that one Catholic entertained the hope that his freedom to defend the Copernican system might yet be restored.
238. The White House pins the whole thing on onetime deputy counsel Vincent Foster, who is dead and can not defend himself.
239. Strong oral and written communication skills are essential for analysts to prepare, present, and defend budget proposals to decision makers.
240. My real concern, though, is who will defend the clones?