Defend and Overthrow

Opposite meaning words

Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Overthrow is an antonym for defend.

Overthrow verb - Rule against.

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Defend is an antonym for overthrow in defeat topic.

Nearby Words: overthrown, overthrowing

humanity	defend humanity	overthrow humanity
family	defend family	overthrow family
way	defend way	overthrow way
earth	defend earth	overthrow earth
Other words: world, kingdom, mother, father, brother, humans, sister.

Haruto is trying to defend his homeland (which L-Elf initially invaded), and L-Elf is trying to overthrow his homeland and defend his childhood love.

Source: Deuteragonist
It's very pronounced because you also have Shindo with you: Kurosawa's job is to defend the government that Shindo wants to overthrow.

Source: Video Game / Binary Domain
Guardians: is a comic about wild cats gifted with elemental powers, using them to defend the world and overthrow the resident Evil Overlord.

Source: Furry Comic

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