Defending and Facing

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Defending adjective - Attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring.

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Facing and defending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Facing" instead an adjective "Defending".

Facing noun - An ornamental coating to a building.

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Defending and facing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defending" instead an adjective "Facing".

Nearby Words: face, faced

Major components involving him facing off against corrupt Russians and defending a young woman.

Source: Dueling Works / Film aka: Dueling Movies
Taking the Bullet: Teresa got shot defending Arturo from the grief-striken, widowed wife of a client who chose to commit suicide instead of facing bankruptcy.

Source: Series / Teresa
Facing an enemy fleet several times larger than his own, with no hope of defeating them, Ender bypasses them with a tactic he devised earlier, and blows up the planet they're defending.

Source: Cutting the Knot

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