Definition of "defending" []

• Present participle of defend. (verb)

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• "Mr. Crone had made his name defending the company's racy tabloids in court."
• "I called up my lawyer, Johnnie Cochran, who went on to make his name defending O. J. Simpson during his murder trial."
• "Your determination to control their lives, to kill them in large numbers in pursuit of your own ends, is what you call defending 'western interests', 'democracy', 'freedom' and 'civilisation' against the forces of darkness."