noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a passionate defender of sth
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The actress is a vocal and passionate defender of women's rights.
public defender
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
central
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He is following in his father's footsteps as a central defender .
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The 24-year-old central defender will miss a promotion run-in and a breakthrough on the international scene.
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Hankin stressed the central defender was rested and not dropped.
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And as for selling Newsome/Wetherall ... tell me, who is going to be the next generation of central defenders ?
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The 24-year-old central defender has hit the best form of his career.
good
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I think he's the best defender around.
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Fairclough is still a very good central defender especially when he is man marking.
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And those are two of the best defenders we have.
public
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He was accused of a felony; she was the public defender .
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The two-month study involved about 35 public defender cases in which Fuhrman was the investigating officer.
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The public defender , who must have been desperate, put her client on the stand.
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James is entitled to a public defender .
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During my third year I spent a lot of time as a public defender .
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The judge appointed a federal public defender to represent him.
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He and his public defender , Barry Collins, have acknowledged that Davis committed the crime.
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He cried so much that he barely could talk to his public defender , Dale Nielson.
staunch
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Mrs Chan, Hong Kong's most popular public official, consistently proved a staunch defender of its autonomy.
■ VERB
beat
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Then Huddersfield rallied, and the fiery centre-forward Islip forced his way through to beat the tiring Burnley defenders .
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Graham Stuart tormented and teased Gary Ablett mercilessly throughout, beating the ex-Liverpool defender at will.
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Karpov is extremely hard to beat , a great defender and a brilliant strategist, whose play resembles that of Capablanca.
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Instead, he wanted his wingers to beat the defender on the inside and go for goal themselves.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But his defenders note that the current excavation of the tunnel was initiated by the Labor government.
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Having blocked two attacking techniques, the defender counters with a double punch to his opponent's face.
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The 24-year-old central defender was carried off at Tranmere Rovers on Friday night when his knee locked.
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There are two responses that defenders of the behavioural approach might make to this argument.
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Three sailors were killed nevertheless by the defenders.
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Using his crossover dribble to create space between him and a defender and then sticking a 3-pointer.