Defend and React

Defend

Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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

React verb - To act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence).

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Defend and react are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defend" instead a verb "React".

man	defend man	react man
people	defend people	react people
name	defend name	react name
point	defend point	react point
Other words: place, time, way, ship.

And that's assuming that she had a latent mutation that would react to, and be able to defend against, a car hurtling towards her.

Source: Properly Paranoid
The Thing (1982): Poking people's blood samples with a hot needle is used to identify the Thing, since the the Thing's blood will react to try to defend itself when endangered.

Source: Imposter-Exposing Test
They defend the flagstone they are standing on, and react to nothing else.

Source: Literature / The Elenium aka: The Tamuli

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