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| type | v |
| lex_filenum | 33 |
| def | be on the defensive |
| def | act against an attack |
| Frame - 8 | Somebody ----s something |
| Frame - 9 | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Outgoing links | |
| Entailment | contend, fight, struggle |
| Hypernym | prevent, keep |
| Derivationally related form | defend → defensible; defend → defence |
| Derivationally related form | defend → defensive |
| Antonym | defend → attack |
| Hyponym | bulwark; protect; ward off; check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back |
| Incoming links | |
| Derivationally related form | defensive → defend |
| Derivationally related form | defensible → defend; defence → defend |
| Antonym | attack → defend |
| Hypernym | bulwark; protect; ward off; check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back |
| Hyponym | prevent, keep |
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