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Ward off

verb

Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. Synonyms: avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off. "Head off a confrontation" , "Avert a strike"

Avert, turn away, or repel.

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"Ward off" Quotes from Famous Books

... "bully beef"—a bag of biscuits, and a small tin that held two tubes of Oxo, with tea and sugar in specially constructed air- and damp-proof envelopes. This was an emergency ration, to be kept in case of direst need, and to be used only to ward off actual starvation. After that we were given our ammunition, two hundred and ...

— World's War Events, Vol. I • Various

... he keeps the paraffin in a leather case by itself, so that his coat may not remain redolent for months. From top to toe he is a fisherman. His boots are thick, even though he does not require waders; on his knees are leather pads to ward off rheumatism; whilst on his head is a sober-coloured cap—not a white straw hat flashing in the sunlight, and scaring the timid trout ...

— A Cotswold Village • J. Arthur Gibbs

... to a woman like her. It was some vile slander which Edward must see to. He was good at that sort of thing. But no, Edward would not help her. She had committed—She flung out her hands, panic-stricken, as if to ward off a blow. The deed had brought with it no shame, but the word—the word wounded her ...

— Red Pottage • Mary Cholmondeley

... their filthy prison garments being thrown away, they were dressed in old clothing of Elnathan's, and their hair and matted beards were shorn off with scissors. Perez built a fire in the huge open fireplace to ward off the slight chill of evening, and the sick men were comfortably arranged before it upon the great settle. The elderly woman and the deft handed maiden, moved softly about, setting the tea table, and ministering ...

— The Duke of Stockbridge • Edward Bellamy

... three pirates awoke, jumped up, and, rushing on Ayrton, endeavored to throw him down. He soon extricated himself from their grasp. He fired his revolver, and two of the convicts fell, but a blow from a knife which he could not ward off made a gash in ...

— The Mysterious Island • Jules Verne

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