Synonyms for fend off
fend off

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1. debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward offverb

   prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

   "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

   Synonyms:
   forfend, avoid, eliminate, avert, ward off, distract, keep off, bend, suspend, obviate, invalidate, stave off, block, nullify, debar, exclude, head off, forefend, annul, quash, rid of, parry, bar, turn away, deflect, void

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1. fend off

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) keep off, ward off, keep from collision

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1. Choi Young-il:

   It was like war, they would use everything from elbows to hands to knees to fend off our players. It was really difficult.

2. Aaron Ring:

   It's a two-edge sword, antibodies are crucial to fend off infection, but some COVID-19 patients also develop antibodies that damage their own cells and tissues.

3. Shyam Saran:

   No one man is in charge. It’s a negotiating team, sometimes the India team does get preoccupied by having to fend off all these attacks, but they will not buckle under finger pointing from a small group of Western countries.

4. Tobias Davis:

   Maybe it is denial that has kept markets from talking about it, but stagnation should be on the hymn sheet, i fail to comprehend how flat/falling U.S. inflation coupled with deteriorating external factors is an argument to hike rates. We are doing well to fend off deflation.

5. James Orlando:

   We do not think it (fiscal stimulus) will be overly beneficial for the U.S. economy, when we look at long-term cycles, we want the government to be reducing deficits during expansion time periods so that they actually have more ammunition to fend off the next recession.