Act as
Act as verb - Function as or act like.
Defend
Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Both terms in one sentence
- Mook Maker: The Covenant's Patrol Stations don't directly defend systems, but instead act as beacons to summon reinforcements.
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Eventually she's forced to act as a Jedi to defend Thon and accepts it, and in the end winds up Grandmaster of the Order.
Source: I Just Want to Be Normal - When Data has to defend his rights in "The Measure Of A Man", Riker (ordered to act as the opposition) does some fairly horrible things, such as removing his hand and turning him off.
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