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to protect someone or something against attack or criticism; to speak in favour of someone or something
I used the Cambridge dictionary now, so that some people can't say that I'm using kids' dictionary...
I criticized smokers for harming themselves and others. Yowyan tried to protect them, saying that they don't give cancer to those around them (which itself was a mispresentation of what I said), and he said that it's just a habit of relaxation.
So yup he was defending it. Therefore I didn't mispresent his point.
But if savage means inhumane or cruel, then how is it not inhumane and cruel to pollute the environment and harm those around you?