Fending

Synonyms for "fending" (21 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Verb(5 words)

antipathogenic barrier-forming cope defend defense

Strong matches (6)

Verb(6 words)

defensive defensiveness handle immunoprotective manage parry

Related words (10)

Verb(10 words)

protect protection protective refutation resistance shielding survive ward wardingwarding off

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

6 entries

autonomy defensedescriptive adjectiveprotectionself caresurvival

More specific

17 entries

antipathogenic antiviral countermeasureevidence argumentguarding immunoprotective independence precautionrefutation tacticrepelling screening self-care self-reliance shieldingstaving offwarding

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Collocations

17 entries

defensedefensive measuresfending actionsfending frameworkfending mechanismfending offfending off attacksfending off criticismfending off infectionsfending off intrusionsfending off pathogensfending protocolfending responseprotective shieldself defenseself protection

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Inflections

3 entries

fended fendings fends

Derivations

2 entries

fend fender

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Scientists believe magnetic fields can protect a planet, fending off the atmosphere-stripping blasts of the solar wind.

Source: tatoeba (8702779)

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