"defend" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- By 1943 Hitler was defending the entire European western coast, with no clear knowledge of where an Allied invasion might land.
- It became too weak to defend the coast from Barbary pirates.
- Supporters argued that a navy would protect shipping, defend the coast, and make it easier to seek out support from foreign countries.
- "We wouldn't go straight at anything," he said, saying a large number of Iraqi units have been shifted to defend the Kuwaiti coast.
- The unit defended the coast of Algeria during the summer and fall of 1943.
- Early logistical responses to the invasion were confused, as the divisions necessary for counterattacks fell under a different jurisdiction than those defending the coast.
- Their primary mission was in defending the American east coast from any Soviet threats.
- Japanese forces quickly isolated, surrounded, and forced the surrender of Indian units defending the coast.
- From 25 pluviôse an V (13 February 1797), he was in charge of defending the coast.
- The Navy's primary mission is to defend the coast.
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