Defend
Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Set to
Both terms in one sentence
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In the days of silent films, studios used to hide their names in the set to guard against other studios stealing the scenes for their own films (and to defend against accusations thereof).
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When she gets home and finds Nick beaten by Stark the Siegbarste, she runs into the kitchen to get a weapon to defend herself and Nick, and the only thing she can get her hands on is the water that Nick had set to boil, so she scalds Stark by throwing the water over him.
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The team members could be controlled individually by the player or set to do simple tasks, like follow or defend themselves.This game has absolutely nothing to do with Dirty Pair: The Movie (more commonly known as Project EDEN) or the Eden Project.
Source: Video Game / Project Eden
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