Synonyms for fend
fɛndfend

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1. fendverb

   try to manage without help

   "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"

   Synonyms:
   resist, stand

2. resist, stand, fendverb

   withstand the force of something

   "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"

   Synonyms:
   jib, put up, baulk, reject, stand, stand firm, resist, abide, support, hold out, withstand, stomach, digest, suffer, balk, brook, dissent, stick out, tolerate, remain firm, place upright, endure, stand up, bear, defy, refuse, protest

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1. • Cope
   • Oppose

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1. fendverb

   Synonyms:
   ward off, avoid, parry

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1. Frank Miniter:

   There are over 100 million legal gun owners. Out across those horizons are people who know when theyre in trouble law enforcement will come God bless them but that until they do, they must fend for themselves, this is why, during national emergencies, gun and ammunition sales go up. This is a practical thing. Self-reliance is what communities rely on. The rise in gun sales is the practical nature of Americans coming out.

2. Choi Young-il:

   It was like war, they would use everything from elbows to hands to knees to fend off our players. It was really difficult.

3. Fortina Harris:

   We've been dogged out, misused, abused and we still need to pay water bills and wash our bodies, we don't get any supplement. No discounts or nothing for buying water. We got to fend for our self.

4. Clara Long:

   I did talk to kids who were taking care of very tender age children themselves. There doesn't appear to be child care there, they're left to fend for themselves. Older kids are taking care of the babies.

5. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   This is important as part of the fixed policy between us and the United States, our ally, and also important in order to fend off the regional threats, chief of which is the Iranian threat, of course.