Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with defend in American Collocation
defend
verb
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
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- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/dɪˈfend/
successfully
successfully
Vauban’s lines of fortified towns helped France to successfully defend its northern border.
bravely or well
bravely
fiercely
valiantly
well
The churchyard was fiercely defended.
with powerful weapons, forces, or structures
heavily
solidly
strongly
Their mission was to capture the bridge, which was heavily defended.