"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
  • He had spearheaded an assault on a stubbornly defended hill position.
  • The British captured two cannons which were stubbornly defended by their crews.
  • The British troops defended stubbornly but were eventually overrun.
  • Dunkirk, still defended stubbornly by 40,000 French soldiers, held out until the morning of June 4.
  • At the same time they are stubbornly defending fare structures that continue to be anchored in a strategy of gouging the business traveler, he said.
  • As the tour's commissioner, Beman has stubbornly defended the current rule: a minimum of 15 tournament appearances.
  • Hart stubbornly defended the building of small, coastal defense boats (without "luxuries" like air conditioning).
  • Since then, Le Landeron has stubbornly defended its religious particularity.
  • In Berlin, each of them stubbornly defended their own interests, but no one furthered the common interest of the Union.
  • An aggressive batsman, whose impetuosity often cost him his wicket, he could also defend stubbornly when the situation demanded.
2. adamantly defend = stanowczo bronić adamantly defend
3. tenaciously defend = nieustępliwie bronić tenaciously defend
4. doggedly defend = uparcie bronić doggedly defend

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