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[Verb] | "de*fend" | \ di-ˈfend \
1: to drive danger or attack away from
2: to maintain or support in the face of argument or hostile criticism
3: to prove (something, such as a doctoral thesis or dissertation) valid by answering questions in an oral exam
Origin: 14th century ;
Middle English defenden, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French defendre, defender, going back to Latin dēfendere "to ward off, fend off, repel danger from, protect," from dē- {see: |de-|de-} + -fendere, presumably, "to strike, hit" (unattested without prefixes), going back to Indo-European *gwhen-dh-, extended determinate form of *gwhen-, *gwhn- "strike, kill," whence Hittite kuenzi "(s/he) kills," kunanzi "(they) kill," Sanskrit hánti "(s/he) strikes, kills," ghnánti "(they) strike, kill," Greek theínein "to strike," épethnon "(I) killed," Old Irish gonaid "(s/he) pierces, wounds, kills," Welsh gwan- "stab, pierce," Lithuanian genù, giñti "to drive (cattle, etc.)," Old Church Slavic ženǫ, gŭnati "to drive, chase out, expel"; also, from nominal derivative *gwhon-, Greek phónos "bloodshed, murder," and from *gwhń̥-tih2, Germanic *gunþī, *gunþjō, whence Old English gūþ "battle, combat," Old Saxon gūđea, Old High German gund-, Old Icelandic gunnr, guðr;
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# 1 - { defend:1151767 }
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[ "defend" ]
1: In America this means terminating anyone and everyone for their own personal security, even if it meant the entire world would be destroyed. It's also common to attack weak countries that could possibly stand up against them in certain ways, or for national benefit.
* e.g., ... Let's attack iraq and take their oil, it could be to our benefit in the long run. While saying it's to defend our country.
[ "defend" ]
2: And then call it "Defending"
* e.g., ... This is correct yet egoistic.
[ "defend" ]
3: This can also be described as: "Fighting for peace" or more correctly "Fighting for our peace, screw everyone else"
# 2 - { The Defender:4387348 }
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[ "The Defender" ]
1: Noun
* e.g., ... Bart: Omg, someone's broken into our house!
Homer: Bart, get the Defender!
[ "The Defender" ]
2: Origin: The Simpsons
[ "The Defender" ]
3: "The Defender" is a large cinder block on a chain. it is used by swinging in a circular motion to bash people's skulls in.
# 3 - { Defender:1191347 }
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[ "Defender" ]
1: The Land Rover Defender is most KICK ASS 4x4 ever created by man. My stock Land Rover D90 is the biggest ass piece of gas guzzelin', jeep humpin', road rulin', extention of manhood you have ever seen. All other 4x4s are booty.
* e.g., ... My Defender rocks. I wish I had two of them.
# 4 - { Defender:565651 }
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[ "Defender" ]
1: The best arcade game ever. Fiendishly hard game where you had to destroy evil aliens before they killed all the humans on the planet below. Used a awful button scheme with 5 buttons and a joystick, but still quite fun.
* e.g., ... Defender kicks ass!
# 5 - { defendibility:4507036 }
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[ "defendibility" ]
1: Ability to be defended
* e.g., ... In defendibility. procedures ought to be based on the best available research and recommendations.
# 6 - { Defender:13242216 }
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[ "Defender" ]
1: A crusader who's the best of the best when it comes to defending the holy Land and a Destroyer of furrys
* e.g., ... Fuze: hey you know what's defender up to? A chad": yeah just defending the holy Land while killing furrys
# 7 - { Sex defender:15661836 }
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[ "Sex defender" ]
1: Someone is being sexually assaulted by a Sex offender and nobody is there to help. What do you do?
Join
* e.g., ... A: "Oh no, she is being assaulted by a Sex offender! What do we do?"
[ "Sex defender" ]
2: Escape
* e.g., ... B: "Call the Sex defenders!"
[ "Sex defender" ]
3: Call the Sex defenders
Correct answer: Call the sex defenders
# 8 - { public defender:2257696 }
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[ "public defender" ]
1: A criminal defense lawyer appointed and paid to represent indigent persons charged with crimes. A public defender can either be a private attorney who accepts such cases and is compensated for each case, or a salaried attorney of a public defender agency. Also called "P.D."
* e.g., ... "I don't have enough money to hire my own attorney. I am going to have to ask for a public defender."
# 9 - { defending the shield:4285268 }
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[ "defending the shield" ]
1: Origin is from ESPN's Pardon the Interrupton
Wilbon makes fun of Kornheiser's "NFL, right or wrong" defense of league policy, no matter how absurd it may be.
1) to blindly defend a rule, decision, or product, soley based on the fact that you're in love with it
* e.g., ... "Don't say anything about how shitty AT&T's cell phones are. Bob's a former employee, and he'll bore you to death, defending the shield"
"Someone brought up Mike Vick, then Pat jumped in, and started defending the shield. He must be Roger Goodell's cousin"
# 10 - { Core defender:1247060 }
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[ "Core defender" ]
1: Number one on the list for the strongest units on Command and Conquer. Number two was Mammtoh mk. ii
* e.g., ... GDI Commander- Watch out! Cabal's Core Defender is about to attack our base! Where the hell are those reinforcements??
[ "Core defender" ]
2: It is a giant mech taller than a skyscraper that can transform into a shell, then transform again to wreak havoc with its Defender Obelisk Lasers.
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