Defense and Urging

Defense

Defense noun - Means or method of defending.

Urging and defense are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Urging" instead a noun "Defense".

Urging

Urging noun - The act of earnestly supporting or encouraging.
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Synonyms for Urging

Defense and urging are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defense" instead a noun "Urging".

Nearby Words: urge, urged

Both words in one sentence

  • Tasha Ozera from Vampire Academy, goes from a political activist urging Moroi to learn self-defense and stop using dhampirs as shields, to a murderess and corrupt political figure.
  • Insisting that Steffy lied about the self-defense claim, Ivy even chastises Wyatt (whom she catches trying to delete the video upon Steffy's urging) for "siding" with Steffy's account, forcing him to back down when she expresses her own loneliness.
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