Defend and Handed

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Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Handed is an antonym for defend.

Handed adjective - Having or involving the use of hands.

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Defend is an antonym for handed in release topic.

Nearby Words: hand, handy, handing

Brady is soundly humiliated by his inability to defend the law, and Bertram is only handed a nominal punishment for breaking it.

Source: Pyrrhic Victory
He becomes ready when he performs a Bare-Handed Blade Block against Wolzard to defend his siblings.

Source: Series / Mahou Sentai Magiranger
Falling into the Cockpit: Galloway, who has spent most of his time on the battlefield laying low and talking to people, is handed a blood-soaked rifle and tasked with helping defend the wounded (and himself).

Source: Film / We Were Soldiers

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