Defend
Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Join
Join verb - To be adjacent to.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Years later, when the dark thunder god discovers where they are, the Exiled Kombatants join forces with each other - and Earth's finest heroes - to defend their new home.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Marvel Universe -
When the war broke out he headed to France to join the Foreign Legion, taking up arms to defend the country he loved.
Source: Warrior Poet -
Minsc and Boo from Baldur's Gate join Acquisitions Incorporated as interns in season 9 and defend their chapterhouse against Elemental Evil.
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Join and Defend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defend/join
Defend & Join. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/defend/join>.
Join or Defend. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defend/join.
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