Defend
Rejoin
Rejoin verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.
Usage example: when I asked my daughter if she wouldn't mind picking up dinner on her way home from soccer practice, she rejoined, “Only if you wouldn't mind me taking out the pickup later tonight!”
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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His heroic leaving of his lover in order to rejoin the company and defend the nation is quickly made worthless by him almost immediately getting shot by a patrol after failing to halt.
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Rejoin and Defend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defend/rejoin
Defend & Rejoin. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/defend/rejoin>.
Rejoin or Defend. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defend/rejoin.
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