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head off
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head offverb
To intercept.
The cavalry will head off the bandits at the pass.
Synonyms:
cut off
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, fend off, stave off, block, nullify, debar, exclude, forefend, annul, quash, rid of, parry, bar, turn away, deflect, void
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
head off
Synonyms:
intercept, head, get before
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
head off
Synonyms:
intercept
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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The US did not draft this resolution nor did The US introduce this resolution, the Egyptians, in partnership with the Palestinians, are the ones who began circulating an earlier draft of The Egyptians are the ones who moved it forward on Friday.And President Obama and Kerry took the position that President Obama and Kerry did when it was put to a vote. State John Kerry also said in a statement after Friday's vote : Today, the United States acted with one primary objective in mind : to preserve the possibility of the two state solution, which every U.S. administration for decades has agreed is the only way to achieve a just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians.... As a lifelong friend of The Israelis, I have taken every opportunity to speak out, or cast a vote, to protect The Israelis security and the chance for a peaceful future. The Israelis tried to appeal to Trump last week to help head off the U.N. settlement resolution. While the vote was only delayed to Friday, Trump has resumed his criticism of the international body and vowed changes.
We came in with the mindset that we had to defend, we had to cut the head off the snake, and that's Harden, and then just try to defend everyone else at the same time, and we did that.
We need to head off any external attempts to interfere in the elections, in our domestic political life, you know that certain kinds of (political) technologies exist and have already been used in many countries.
While I'm glad the majority leader believes Leader McConnell would be Leader McConnell, it's a mistake not to pass legislation to protect the investigation, we ought to head off a constitutional crisis at the pass, rather than waiting until it's too late. ... I hope Senate Judiciary Committee moves forward with a bill, and that members of Senator McConnell's caucus push Senator McConnell to reconsider.
Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke:
There was a gruesome statement he made about wanting to cut someone’s head off and kill two people with one bullet, and he planned to shoot the police, he did not have a firearm with him and did n’t seem to have a lot of experience with firearms because he thought he could kill two people with one bullet. He reminded himself in the list to raise the gun slowly. He scripted everything out in chronological order.
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