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Verb: fend off  fend óf
  1. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
    "fend off a strike";
    - debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, avoid, ward off

Derived forms: fended off, fending off, fends off

Type of: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent

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fencer's mask
fencesitter
fence-sitter
fencing
fencing mask
fencing material
fencing stick
fencing sword
fend
fend for
fend off
fender
fender-bender
fenestella
fenestra
fenestra cochleae
fenestra of the cochlea
fenestra of the vestibule
fenestra ovalis
fenestra rotunda
fenestra vestibuli