defends

P6876 predicate

Indicates that one entity protects or supports another entity against attack, criticism, or harm.

Observed surface forms (8)

  • positionDefended ×4
  • defendedObject ×3
  • wasDefendedBy ×3
  • defendsAgainst ×2
  • usedToDefend ×2
  • defendsHimselfBefore ×1
  • fightsFor ×1
  • recognizedGovernmentDefender ×1

Sample triples (90)

Subject Object
chapter "The Existence of Matter"
surface form: "The Existence of Matter"
belief in matter is rationally justifiable though not demonstrable with certainty via predicate surface "positionDefended"
chapter "The Existence of Matter"
surface form: "The Existence of Matter"
there is a world of physical objects independent of our minds via predicate surface "positionDefended"
49th Missile Defense Battalion U.S. allies and territories from certain ballistic missile threats
49th Missile Defense Battalion United States of America
surface form: United States
Against Apion Jewish antiquity
Against Apion Jewish law
Against Apion Moses as lawgiver
Against Apion the antiquity of the Jewish people
Against Eunomius co-equality of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
Against Eunomius orthodox Trinitarian terminology
Atticus Finch Tom Robinson
Battle of Tripoli (2019–2020) Government of National Accord via predicate surface "recognizedGovernmentDefender"
surface form: UN-recognized Government of National Accord
Captain Thomas Preston John Adams via predicate surface "wasDefendedBy"
Captain Thomas Preston Josiah Quincy Jr. via predicate surface "wasDefendedBy"
Defense of the Ploiești oil fields Ploiești oil fields via predicate surface "defendedObject"
Defense of the Ploiești oil fields Columbia Aquila refinery via predicate surface "defendedObject"
surface form: Ploiești oil refineries
Defense of the Ploiești oil fields petroleum storage facilities in Ploiești via predicate surface "defendedObject"
Desdemona (character)
surface form: Desdemona
Cassio (character)
surface form: Cassio
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems heliocentric model
Digenis Akritas Byzantine Empire
Digenis Akritas eastern frontiers of the Byzantine Empire
Doctor Stephen Strange Earth
Doctor Stephen Strange multiverse
Enemies of the Permanent Things Western cultural tradition
Enemies of the Permanent Things enduring moral norms
Enemies of the Permanent Things enduring social norms
Enemies of the Permanent Things religious foundations of society
Four Orations Against the Arians Nicene Creed
surface form: Nicene formula
Four Orations Against the Arians full divinity of the Son
Four Orations Against the Arians homoousios doctrine
Human Action economic freedom
Human Action laissez-faire capitalism
Human Action private property
J’accuse…! Alfred Dreyfus
Kasbah of the Udayas city of Rabat via predicate surface "usedToDefend"
Kasbah of the Udayas entrance to the Bou Regreg estuary via predicate surface "usedToDefend"
Lady Byron Vindicated Lady Byron
Letter from Birmingham Jail civil disobedience
Letter from Birmingham Jail direct action
Letter from Birmingham Jail nonviolent protest
Memorabilia charges of corrupting the youth via predicate surface "defendsAgainst"
Memorabilia charges of impiety via predicate surface "defendsAgainst"
No Cross, No Crown Quaker principles
Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill colonial rights
Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill rights of American colonists
Omnipotent Government individual rights
Omnipotent Government laissez-faire capitalism
Omnipotent Government limited government
Omnipotent Government private property
On the Incarnation Christian understanding of salvation