Definitions For Defend
verb
- Argue or speak in defense of
- State or assert
- Fight against or resist strongly
- Be on the defensive; act against an attack
- Protect against a challenge or attack
- Protect or fight for as a champion
- Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- To fight in order to keep (someone or something) safe : to not allow a person or thing to hurt, damage, or destroy (someone or something)
- To fight or work hard in order to keep (something, such as a right, interest, cause, etc.) from being taken away
- To speak or write in support of (someone or something that is being challenged or criticized)
Is Defend a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
12
The word Defend is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Defend in a Sentence
- The company must defend its own interests.
- We believed it was a cause worth defending.
- She defended her friend's behavior.
Synonyms for Defend
Antonyms for Defend
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