Attacked and Defended

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Defended is an antonym for attacked.

Nearby Words: attack, attacker, attacking, attackable

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Attacked is an antonym for defended.

Nearby Words: defender, defending

Undefeatable Little Village: Wakanda, a tiny nation in Africa, defended just by a Badass Normal king and his mutant wife, is attacked by a powerful Skrull armada and their Super Skrulls of composite powers.

Source: Comic Book / Secret Invasion
A prequel short story makes it clear that he was always a badass, almost to the point of foolhardiness; at one point, he defended a lone man attacked by a group of bandits without hesitating and lept into a raging current to save a stranger from drowning.

Source: Miles Gloriosus / Literature

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