defending

/dəˈfɛndɪŋ/

Misollar

Ziri supports Emma in defending herself.
She's good at defending herself.
Sahrawis are defending their own land.
They've been defending their country.
Why are you always defending Tom?
Why are you always defending her?

fe’l verb

To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.

Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.