defend the frontier

Frequency: 6.811.0 per million words

To protect a border from attack.

frontierVERB + frontier

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defend

Examples (10)

  • At dawn, the regiment moved out to defend the frontier against renewed incursions.
  • Local militias were raised to defend the frontier during the harsh winter months.
  • They vowed to defend the frontier no matter how long the siege lasted.
  • For generations, her family has helped defend the frontier from raiders.
  • Additional troops will be stationed to defend the northern frontier before the election.
  • Our mission is clear: defend the frontier and protect the villages nearby.
  • Engineers fortified the passes to better defend the mountainous frontier.
  • If they had not defended the frontier, the capital might have fallen.
  • Commanders are debating how to defend the porous frontier without escalating tensions.
  • We must be ready to defend the frontier at a moment’s notice.