Exact Match:
- defending
- attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
Synonyms:
- no synonyms found
Related Words:
- defensive
collapse - an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
- intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; "defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance"
- attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
- serving as or appropriate for defending or protecting; "defensive fortifications"; "defensive dikes to protect against floods" related words >
- shielding
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- the act of shielding from harm
- a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay
- shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference related words >
- blanketing,
- cloaking,
- coating,
- covering,
- custodial,
- defending,
- defensive,
- enveloping,
- fostering,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- immunizing,
- parental,
- preventive,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- protective,
- safeguarding,
- screening,
- self-defensive,
- self-preservative,
- self-protective,
- sheathing,
- sheltering,
- shrouding,
- tutelary,
- veiling,
- vigilant,
- watchful,
- wrapping
- protective
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- intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs" related words >
- careful,
- conservational,
- conservationist,
- conservative,
- conservatory,
- conserving,
- covering,
- custodial,
- defending,
- defensive,
- fostering,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- heedful,
- immunizing,
- jealous,
- keeping,
- parental,
- possessive,
- preservative,
- preservatory,
- preserving,
- preventative,
- preventive,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- safeguarding,
- saving,
- screening,
- self-defensive,
- self-preservative,
- self-protective,
- sheltering,
- shielding,
- tutelary,
- vigilant,
- watchful
- care,
- charge,
- covering,
- custodial,
- custodianship,
- custody,
- defending,
- defensive,
- fostering,
- guardian,
- hold,
- immunizing,
- keep,
- keeping,
- parental,
- preventive,
- preventive custody,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- protection,
- protective,
- protective custody,
- safeguarding,
- safekeeping,
- screening,
- self-defensive,
- self-preservative,
- self-protective,
- sheltering,
- shielding,
- tutelary,
- vigilant,
- ward,
- watchful
- patrol
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- the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes
- a detachment used for security or reconnaissance
- a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security
- maintain the security of by carrying out a control related words >
- Argus,
- Charley,
- airplane spotter,
- beat,
- course,
- cover,
- defend,
- defending,
- do,
- fire patrolman,
- fire warden,
- fireguard,
- forward observer,
- go over,
- guard,
- guarding,
- keep guard,
- keep vigil,
- keep watch,
- lookout,
- lookout man,
- measure,
- mount guard,
- night watchman,
- overpass,
- pass over,
- pass through,
- patroller,
- patrolman,
- perambulate,
- peregrinate,
- pererrate,
- picket,
- ply,
- police,
- protect,
- protecting,
- protection,
- range,
- range over,
- reconnoiter,
- rounds,
- roundsman,
- safeguarding,
- scour,
- scour the country,
- scout,
- sentinel,
- sentry,
- spotter,
- stand guard,
- stand sentinel,
- sweep,
- track,
- transit,
- travel over,
- travel through,
- traverse,
- vedette,
- vigilance,
- voyage,
- watch,
- watch over,
- watcher,
- watchfulness,
- watchkeeper,
- watchman
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