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defend
(redirected from defendable)

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defend someone or something against someone or something 
1. to stand against an attack; to provide a defense against attack. Don't worry, I will defend you against any muggers. We defended ourselves against the attack. The army defended the town against the enemy soldiers.
2. . to advocate the cause of someone or something against someone or something else. The lawyer defended her against the plaintiff. She defended the company against the suit.
See also: against

defend someone with something

to repel danger from someone with something. Here, defend yourself with this club. Mary defended herself with karate.


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We have a unique and defendable low-cost model" based largely on operating Q400s on flights of 105 min.
These solutions enable organizations to form judgements about their IT security risks using an objective, easy to understand measurement standard based on a defendable, repeatable mathematical database and process.
There was talk about moving the capital to a more easily defendable location.
 
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