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Synset

be on the defensive; act against an attack
<verb.competition>   freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 14

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verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
defensive defensible defence
antonym
attack
semantic pointers
entailment
fight, struggle, contend
hypernym
prevent, keep
hyponym
bulwark protect ward off hold back, stop, arrest, turn back, check, contain