He stopped moving forward and prepared to defend against what seemed to be a strong Confederate attack.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

But if the attacker was to attack through the hard pass, again not surprisingly, you do better if you defend the hard pass than the easy pass.

但如果入侵者选择崎岖之途,仍然是毫无疑问,选择防御崎岖之途要比平坦之途好

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He must defend Washington from attack.

VOA: special.2009.09.03

Stanilko is worried that now no one will step in to defend Poland in the event of an attack.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Defense Minister Ahmed Vahidi says the Sejil 2 is intended to defend the country against outside attack.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18