Definitions for fend off
fend off

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1. 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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fend offverb

   To ward off; to drive (something) away; to turn away; to defend against; to repel with force or effort.

2. Etymology: fend + off

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1. fend off

   To fend off means to defend oneself from or prevent something undesirable or harmful from affecting oneself. It could refer to physical action, such as blocking a physical attack, or metaphorically, like resisting an illness or argument.

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1. • Prevent

How to pronounce fend off?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fend off in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fend off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of fend off in a Sentence

1. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   This is important as part of the fixed policy between us and the United States, our ally, and also important in order to fend off the regional threats, chief of which is the Iranian threat, of course.

2. Michael Kugelman:

   These high turnover issues increase the possibility that when U.S.-led forces leave Afghanistan for good, whenever that is, they will be leaving Afghan forces unable to fend off a still-ferocious insurgency.

3. James Orlando:

   We do not think it (fiscal stimulus) will be overly beneficial for the U.S. economy, when we look at long-term cycles, we want the government to be reducing deficits during expansion time periods so that they actually have more ammunition to fend off the next recession.

4. Elizabeth Warren:

   Regulators need to rely on more than luck to fend off risks to the financial system.

5. Shyam Saran:

   No one man is in charge. It’s a negotiating team, sometimes the India team does get preoccupied by having to fend off all these attacks, but they will not buckle under finger pointing from a small group of Western countries.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fend off
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fend_Off
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