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  • 1. defending
  • Rhymes with Defending
  • Defending in a sentence
  • Quotes about Defending
Table of Contents
  • 1. defending
  • Rhymes with Defending
  • Defending in a sentence
  • Quotes about Defending
Antonyms

1. defending

adjective. ['dɪˈfɛndɪŋ'] attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring.

Antonyms

  • unprotective

Rhymes with Defending

  • overextending
  • comprehending
  • condescending
  • transcending
  • recommending
  • apprehending
  • suspending
  • pretending
  • portending
  • misspending
  • extending
  • expending
  • contending
  • befriending
  • unbending
  • relending
  • intending
  • impending
  • descending
  • depending
  • commending
  • unending
  • trending
  • spending
  • offending
  • blending
  • attending
  • ascending
  • amending
  • wending

Sentences with defending


1. Verb, gerund or present participle
If the territory they are defending happens to be under your house, this can cause some problems.

Quotes about defending


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

2. But you... You helped me find my way and take the correct path, Naruto... I always chased after you...wanting to catch up...wanting to walk together with you forever... I want to be at your side, always... You changed me, Naruto! Your smiling face saved me! And that's way I'm not afraid to die, defending you! Because... I love you...
- Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto, Vol. 47: The Seal Destroyed

3. When i tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.
- William Blake

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