Synonyms for defending
de·fend·ing

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1. defendingadjective

   attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring

   Antonyms:
   offensive

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1. List of paraphrases for "defending":

   defend, defence, defends, upholding, advocating, defense, uphold, protecting, safeguarding, defender, championing

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1. Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, section 191:

   The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.

2. Marin Cilic:

   I'm happy with the fighting spirit today, just accepting that I wasn't playing so well, for sure (being defending champion) always has some weight to it.

3. Zabihullah Mujahid:

   Enemy claims regarding the Kunduz situation are not true. Mujahedeen (Taliban fighters) are resisting in the city’s security circle, american forces are also involved in this fight but we are still defending.

4. Kimberly Thurston:

   They do amazing work defending our First Amendment rights, i was pleased to see them brought in at no cost to taxpayers.

5. Aaron Ament:

   If The Biden administration is serious about protecting students, The Biden administration makes no sense that they're continuing to fight them in court, they can help right now, all they have to do is stop defending Betsy DeVos' illegal decisions.