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defend

verb

• support
• fend for
• guard
• hold
• fight
• oppose
• fight back
• fight down
• champion
• represent
• maintain
• affirm
• argue
• back
• contend
• endorse
• indorse
• keep
• plump for
• plunk for
• prevent
• protect
• reason
• struggle

antonyms

• attack
• prosecute

sounds kind of like

• data point
• dative bond
• deaf-mute
• deafened
• deboned
• deep-mined
• deepened
• defiant
• defined
• definite
• depend
• deponent
• deviant
• dew point
• dip into
• divine unity
• divinity
• dubonnet
• duty-bound

rhymes with

• amend
• append
• apprehend
• ascend
• attend
• befriend
• bend
• blend
• commend
• comprehend
• condescend
• contend
• depend
• descend
• distend
• end
• expend
• extend
• fend
• friend
• impend
• intend
• lend
• mend
• misspend
• offend
• overextend
• penned
• portend
• pretend
• recommend
• send
• spend
• suspend
• tend
• transcend
• trend
• unbend
• wend