Synonyms for fight off
fight off

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1. repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive backverb

   force or drive back

   "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"

   Synonyms:
   snub, beat back, drive back, repulse, drive, force back, gross out, repel, rebuff, disgust, revolt, push back

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1. Fran Phillips:

   Covid is so infectious that we've seen that outbreaks in this population of older people can really accelerate incredibly fast, it is the vulnerability of older people to fight off the virus.

2. Elizabeth Novak:

   I just want to tell you what happens when I get to work, i have to clean up the poop and the pee off of my doorstep. I have to clean up the syringes. I have to fight off people that push their way into my shop that are homeless and on drugs because you wont arrest them for drug offenses. I have to apologize to my clients. So I want to know what youre going to do for us, the ones that are unhappy.

3. Beth Shapiro:

   This technology, which works in chickens…. it would be amazing to get this to work in lots of different birds across the bird tree of life because that will be hugely impactful for avian conservation, if we find that there’s something that provides immunity against a disease that’s hurting a population, and you know what the genetic changes underlying that immunity or that ability to fight off that disease is — maybe we can use these tools to transfer that even between closely related species.

4. Tyson Perez:

   And the benefit to that is when you have a strong immune system, you can fight off anything that’s out there.

5. Maria Liston:

   This injury may also explain why Philip, a skilled warrior, was so utterly unable to fight off the assassins, with this knee, he would have limited mobility and very poor balance.