ward off

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verb

1. prevent the occurrence of;
prevent from happening
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
• Syn:
debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect,
avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid
• Derivationally related forms:
avoidable (for: avoid), avertible (for: avert), avertable (for: avert), obviation (for: obviate)
• Hypernyms:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. avert, turn away, or repel
- Ward off danger
• Hypernyms:
defend
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody