Similar words: defend, defender, deficit spending, defendant, public defender, ending, bending, mending. Meaning: [dɪ'fend] adj. attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring.
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181) If you found that your performance was questionable, you will get nowhere by denying or defending it.
182) Ken Gillance, defending, said Summersgill became involved in dishonesty because he needed money to feed his drug habit.
183) But the council is defending its decision ... it says it has to find savings to balance its budget.
184) After all, it's not every day you win an arena referendum and a game against the defending champion Lakers.
185) Riviera, for example, has not just one, but two defending champions this week.
186) Christopher Knox, defending, said yesterday Herron had lost a promising career.
187) Secondly, later cultures had to spend too much time, resources, and energy defending themselves against invaders.
188) But Michael Fallon, defending Darlington for the Tories said the concessionary rail travel would be safeguarded.
189) They assist their parents in feeding their new younger brothers and sisters and in defending them from predators such as snakes.
190) In fact singing seems to serve two main functions in birds: defending territory, and attracting and stimulating females to mate.
191) Children have weak resistance in defending this detrimental influence.
192) India had to struggle to beat defending champions South Korea 2-0.
193) Russia's leaders said they were defending two breakaway territories , Abkhazia and South Ossetia(sentencedict.com/defending.html), from Georgia's aggression.
194) All too far behind the Jamaican, Churandy Martina of the Netherlands Antilles took silver in 19.82sec. Defending champion Shawn Crawford of the US got bronze at 19.96sec.
195) Besides, the Court said, defending the suit wouldn't be unduly burdensome or time - consuming for me.
196) It was perhaps on this account that in defending them she was majestic rather than agile.
197) The Pacific Ocean Hagfish has a disgusting way of defending itself.
198) Zeng Jize embodied his patriotic spirit in the diplomatic practice, not stinting his own life, glory and dishonour, defending the interests of the state and nation.
199) Strong and flying units are good at besieging and defending castles.
200) In a sense, business life is a permanent negotiation with are defending their own interests.
201) This apparent contradiction is due to the dominance of some sows in defending the feed hopper.
202) Thereupon, finding Tess unfairly browbeaten, the husbands and lovers tried to make peace by defending her.
203) Jezebel a charge against a God - fearing man under the guise of defending the religion or God.
204) The rank outsiders, Cameroon, beat the defending champions, Argentina, by one goal to nil.
205) I threw myself into the lectures, defending, asserting the rights of women.
206) He found himself defending a colony that Britain had left defenceless.
207) Doubtless Mr. ----- had considered himself a holy crusader, defending the public rights against callous exploitation.
208) Guy Powell, defending, told magistrates: "It's a sad and disturbing case.".
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