Defend and Pet

Defend

Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

Pet and defend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pet" instead a verb "Defend".

Pet

Pet verb - To touch or handle in a tender or loving manner.

Defend and pet are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defend" instead a verb "Pet".

Nearby Words: petted, petting

Common collocations

place defend place pet place
time defend time pet time
town defend town pet town
members defend members pet members

Both words in one sentence

  • Pet the Dog: Solly's Soviet instructor Inna helps defend him from the more strict communists.
  • Throwing Off the Disability Occurs in Hanna-Barbera's Heidi's Song, with an invalid girl gets out of her wheelchair in order to defend her pet kitten against a Hawk.
  • Western Animation / Ben 10: Omniverse The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Khyber has twice directed his pet to defend Ben against his adversaries, because Khyber wants Ben for himself.
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