Competition

Synonyms for fend

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineCompetition

withstand the force of something

The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

stand

Same sentence, swapped: The mountain climbers had to stand against the ice and snow.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for fend as it is used in the sentence above.

copyright
exclude
shroud

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Closest first: other competition words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

peltverbpepperattack and bombard with or as if with missilesRidgelineHas a reason line repelverbdrivecause to move back by force or influenceRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line undueadjectiveexcessivebeyond normal limitsRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line zapverbnukestrike at with firepower or bombsRidgeline bestadjective, verbbetterwiser or more advantageous and hence advisableFoothills2 senses betverbplaystake on the outcome of an issueFoothillsHas a reason line blockverbjaminterfere with or prevent the reception of signalsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line dripnoundribbleflowing in dropsRidgelineHas a reason line

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