To protect or fight for as a champion; SYN. defend.

1. To protect against a challenge or attack; SYN. guard, hold.
2. To argue in defense of; SYN. support, fend for.
3. To be on the defensive; act against an attack.
4. To be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; SYN. represent.

(Irregular preterit, past participle: forbad, forbidden).
To command against; SYN. prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow.

To destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication.

1. To hinder; to obstruct; to prevent
2. To forbid by authority; to interdict