WordNet: defend

be on the defensive; act against an attack

• entailment contend, fight, struggle

• hypernym keep, prevent

• hyponym bulwark

• hyponym protect

• hyponym ward off

• hyponym arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back

defend

• (englanti) attack (antonym)

• (englanti) defensible (derivationally related)

• (englanti) defence (derivationally related)

• (englanti) defensive (derivationally related)
• (suomi) puolustautua (synonyymi)