defends is a form of:

Defend



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~ somebody / something (from against somebody something) (to protect by warding off an attack, to try to preserve, to support or justify, to oppose [an action, etc]) ការពារ, ហាមឃាត់, ជួយដោះសារ defend one's country ការពារ, តស៊ូ
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(ច្បាប់) Defend an accused តំណាងដោះស្រាយជួយ
verb
1.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ការពារ, ការពារចុងចោទ