Defend
Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Object
Object verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.
Usage example: they objected to the conductor's insistence that their train tickets were not valid
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- There have been stories of people using a Nintendo GameCube & a controller to defend themselves from knife wielding muggers...without any permanent damage being done to either object.
Source: Improvised Weapon / Real Life -
Other times, the term is used to describe people who overzealously defend the perceived objective quality of the object of their obsession.
Source: Fan Boy - Some Jedi in Star Wars do not object to the creation of clones genetically engineered to defend the Republic from the separatists.
Source: Pragmatic Hero
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Object and Defend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defend/object
Defend & Object. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/defend/object>.
Object or Defend. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defend/object.
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