assail, attack, prosecute

assert, protect, safeguard, vindicate, reclaim, uphold, fend, reassert, retaliate, repel, fight, enforce, compete, criticize, fortify, condemn, retain, confront, annihilate, usurp, deny, prosecute, depose, repulse, destroy, deprive, incriminate, arrogate, denounce, shield, reprove, thwart, restrain, punish, attacking, refute, nullify, preserve, maintain, renounce, justify, repudiate, regain, encroach upon, seize, prove, trample, respond, disavow, outflank, litigate, challenged, concede, topple, vilify, secure, resist, regroup, inoculate, proclaim, subjugate, denigrate, gird, crucify, avenge, unhorse, besmirch, affirm, wrest, intervene, aggressed, dethrone, outthink, embarrass, exonerate, intimidate, refind, recover, outfight, argue, overawe, rebut, abrogate, contend, execute, uproot, liberate, perjure, pursue, shirk, claim, legislate, overextend, recommit, invade, declare, steamroll, reaffirm, slander, bolster, reeducate, prepare, inviolable, abfolute, anarchic, dividual, endangered, forfeited, inalienable, indefeasible, inviolate, lectual, lockean, noumenal, rediscovered, rightful, true, unadulterated, unfettered, untrammeled, vidual

apologise, apologize, arrest, bulwark, check, contain, drive back, drive off, excuse, fight off, hold back, hold out, rationalize, rebuff, stand, stand firm, stand up, stop, turn back, ward off, withstand

ammunition, amphictyony, apologise, apologist, apologize, augsburg confession, bulwark, calling into question, combat mission, cover, defensive, demand for explanation, excuse, fight back, hannibal, home guard, jesuit order, justificative, justificatory, justifier, justify, line of defence, line of defense, militarism, rationalise, rationalize, society of jesus, stand up, stick up, vindicate, vindicator, vouch, vouchee, vouch in

back, endorse, plump for, plunk for, reason, struggle, support

champion, fend for, fight down, guard, hold, oppose, represent