Defend and Rear

Defend

Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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

Rear verb - To bring to maturity through care and education.

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Defend and rear are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defend" instead a verb "Rear".

Nearby Words: rearmost, rearwards, rearward, rearer

children	defend children	rear children
daughter	defend daughter	rear daughter

One defends (or at least, tries to defend) the city, while the other leads a counterattack on the enemy's rear.

Source: Fan Fic / Ace Combat: Equestria Chronicles aka: Ace Combat The Equestrian War
Guy in Back: The Japanese "Val" Dive Bombers and "Kate" Torpedo bombers each have rear gunners in order to defend against enemy planes.

Source: Film / Tora! Tora! Tora!
However, the Chinese Army overran the UN/British lines (historically accurate), and he, along with the rest of his rear-end unit, were forced to defend the base, and there were so many Chinese soldiers that the Brits ran out of ammunition and had to fight with bayonets.

Source: Soldiers at the Rear

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