defence
defense
self-defense
banging
battering
defensive
exoneration
vindication
antiviolent
tenable
take up the cudgel for
antiviolence
affray
fend off
circle the wagons
give against
savage
manhandle
offensive
apologia
fence
allision
standoff
pattern up
watch
self-defence
counterland
self-protection
repulsion
stand up
menacing
violence
stick up
force
nonviolent
on the defensive
defend
go into
aggress
bothering
betravail
besetting
onfall
set on
obviation
attack
assail
assault
protection
offending
stick up for
restraint
white knight
attempt
have blood on one's hands
damn by association
defendably
warring
take up the cudgels
stand in the gap
put the herd on someone
let someone have it
counter-offensive
fury
injuria
arming
fighting
recussion
commandment
battery
offence
affrontment
committal
persecution
fray
assaultive
bodyguard
pushback
onrush
onset
out for blood
championship
onslaught
offense
terrorism
threaten
assert

English words for 'the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury'

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