Defend and Encourage

Defend

Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Encourage and defend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Defend".

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

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Defend and encourage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defend" instead a verb "Encourage".

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

friend	defend friend	encourage friend
work	defend work	encourage work
people	defend people	encourage people
children	defend children	encourage children
Other words: someone, way, anyone, son, daughter, humans, friends, members.

They also encourage backstabbing, assassination and double-dealing in their aristocracy, reasoning that the survivors of any civil war will be stronger and cleverer than those that failed to defend against them.

Source: The Social Darwinist aka: Social Darwinist
In Fighting Games, grapple/throw maneuvers tend to be unblockable as a rule, to encourage a player to use their defenses wisely; it also creates a Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors where Defend beats Attack, Throw beats Defend, and Attack beats Throw.

Source: Unblockable Attack

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