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fend off
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Princeton's WordNet
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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fend off
Synonyms:
(Naut.) keep off, ward off, keep from collision
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1042 | bar | |
#1662 | block | |
#2215 | avoid | |
#2448 | void | |
#5808 | eliminate | |
#6377 | exclude | |
#6506 | bend | |
#13027 | suspend | |
#21866 | parry | |
#30316 | distract | |
#30654 | avert | |
#34032 | invalidate | |
#44754 | deflect | |
#65899 | nullify | |
#66240 | quash | |
#79750 | obviate | |
#80071 | annul | |
#145048 | debar | |
#332329 | forfend |
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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.
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.
Having championed global efforts to defend Internet freedom and fend off threats to religious liberty, the United States should take the lead to save the lives of these bloggers who face the very real risk of being murdered for the crime of expressing their views online.
This is important as part of the fixed policy between us and the United States, our ally, and also important in order to fend off the regional threats, chief of which is the Iranian threat, of course.
These high turnover issues increase the possibility that when U.S.-led forces leave Afghanistan for good, whenever that is, they will be leaving Afghan forces unable to fend off a still-ferocious insurgency.
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