"defend" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defend verbo

defend + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 149
defend champion • defend one's title • defend one's decision • defend one's actions • defend one's position • defend one's interests • ...
verbo + defend
Kolokacji: 39
help defend • die defending • prepared to defend • attempt to defend • try to defend • forced to defend • continue to defend • ...
defend + preposición
Kolokacji: 27
defend against • defend by • defend before • defend on • defend with • ...
defend + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 62
successfully defend • vigorously defend • strongly defend • heavily defended • defend well • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
(1) successfully, unsuccessfully
Kolokacji: 2
(2) vigorously, strenuously
Kolokacji: 2
(3) strongly, weakly, robustly
Kolokacji: 3
(4) heavily, lightly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) initially, primarily
Kolokacji: 2
(12) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2
2. valiantly defend = mężnie bronić valiantly defend
3. heroically defend = bohatersko bronić heroically defend
4. courageously defend = odważnie bronić courageously defend
  • Nationalist infantry, the Moroccans especially, defended courageously despite heavy casualties, throwing hand grenades and gasoline bombs, which are dangerous to tank engines.
  • It is a tribute of respect to all the generations of Russian soldiers - from ancient times to the present - who courageously defended the motherland from invaders.
  • Until September 1941 the 37th Army of General Vlasov, which included 55th Rifle Corps, courageously defended the Ukrainian capital.
  • Father Messenger courageously defends the evolution of Adam's body, but insists that the formation of Eve was a miraculous event.
  • This staunch cohort exemplified in the varied backgrounds of its members the same democratic values it courageously defended on the battlefield.
  • Aye Cho led his troops to courageously defend the bridge and the town, which was critical for communists forces to advance towards Yangon.
  • These rocks they defended courageously, and killing their exhausted and injured horses besides, they made a defensive wall with their bodies.
  • In this context, Soviet propaganda depicted the armed forces as a family, courageously defending the fatherland against the Fascist invasion.
  • I hope that young Europeans will not have to gag the European Parliament or keep us mute, but that we can courageously defend our values and democracy.
  • In 1482, after courageously defending the fortress against Turkish invasion, the Turks captured the fortress and captured Rade.

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