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

Derived forms: staves off, staving off

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

Nearest

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staunch
staunchly
staunchness
staurikosaur
staurikosaurus
staurolite
Stavanger
stave
stave in
stave off
stave wood
stavesacre
stay
stay at
stay away
stay fresh
stay in place
stay of execution
stay off
stay on