Defend
Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Feud
Feud verb - Carry out a feud.
Common collocations
| people | defend people | feud people |
Both words in one sentence
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His feud with CM Punk was a two year long wait on the behalf of Punk, who previously had to vacate his title after being punted by Orton, and thus couldn't defend it on the Unforgiven PPV in 2008.
Source: Wrestling / Randy Orton -
Betty clearly wears the pants in their relationship, but they do love each other as each is quick to defend the other, such as in "Family Feud".
Source: Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy -
She started her first major feud by going after the winner, Trish Stratus.Jazz would defeat Trish for the title on the February 4, 2002 Raw and successfully defend it by pinning Lita clean in a Triple Threat Match at WrestleMania X8.
Source: Wrestling / Carlene Moore
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