The team is looking to 'defend' its national title. [=to win the national title again]
As a U.S. senator, it is my responsibility to 'defend' [='uphold'] the Constitution.
She successfully 'defended' her championship. [=she won the championship again]
(..) Those were not normal projections. They would been trained, for God's sakes. - How could he be trained? - Fischer's had an extractor... ...teach his subconscious to defend itself, so his subconscious is militarised. It should have shown in the research. COBB: Why the hell didn't it? - Calm down. (..)2010 Inception
(..) ...and that makes your thoughts vulnerable to theft. It's called extraction. Mr. Saito, we can train your subconscious to defend itself... ...from even the most skilled extractor. How can you do that? Because I am the most skilled extractor. I know how to search your mind (..)2010 Inception