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What is another word for
staving off
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Present participle for to fend off or defend against something hostile
Present participle for to avert or forestall by taking preventative action
Present participle for to halt an activity or task temporarily
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fend off or defend against something hostile
repelling
repulsing
rebutting
resisting
opposing
countering
retaliating
fending off
warding off
beating off
fighting off
turning away
turning back
defending against
defending yourself
fighting back
putting up a fight
defending
combating
fighting
combatting
negating
tackling
attacking
rebuffing
battling
oppugning
contravening
matching
defying
meeting
beating
contending with
holding at bay
standing up to
taking on
flying in the face of
putting up a fight against
challenging
contesting
withstanding
disputing
struggling against
checking
confronting
thwarting
striving against
bucking
crossing
facing
hindering
obstructing
controverting
blocking
objecting to
going against
taking a stand against
taking issue with
gainsaying
frustrating
contending
impeding
preventing
fighting against
arguing against
facing down
speaking out against
setting your face against
contradicting
encountering
denying
disliking
assailing
disagreeing
disagreeing with
disapproving
dissenting
assaulting
reacting
counteracting
protesting
disapproving of
stopping
halting
inhibiting
restraining
stemming
refusing
withstaying
gainstaying
gainstanding
withsitting
withsetting
curbing
not countenancing
not supporting
rebelling against
arguing with
frowning at
quarreling with
taking up arms against
calling in question
running counter to
speaking against
making a stand against
standing up and be counted against
revolting against
agitating against
rising up against
balking
US
relucting
countervailing
stonewalling
rivalling
UK
rivaling
US
questioning
dissenting with
kicking against
refusing to accept
baulking at
locking horns with
impugning
disaffirming
campaigning against
bucking the trend
wrestling
duelling
UK
dueling
US
negativing
eliminating
competing with
opposing action
putting up an argument
sparing no effort
competing against
tangling with
baulking
UK
traversing
ending
acting against
warring
resolving
clashing
going against the grain
battling against
trying to put out
trying to extinguish
putting an end to
coping with
bringing to an end to
fighting with
doing battle with
striking
launching
clashing with
engaging
battling with
setting upon
beginning battle with
skirmishing with
scrapping with
wresting with
waging war against
grappling with
entering into combat with
falling on
mounting an attack on
waging war on
coming to close quarters with
joining battle with
giving battle to
arguing
taking
counterattacking
taking issue
taking a stand
more ❯
“The inhabitants of Leptis and Oea were unable to
stave off
the invading barbarians.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to avert or forestall by taking preventative action
preventing
averting
forestalling
precluding
hindering
blocking
obviating
avoiding
helping
delaying
deflecting
warding off
heading off
holding off
holding back
keeping at bay
fending off
stopping
foiling
repelling
checking
thwarting
obstructing
impeding
repulsing
deterring
defending against
frustrating
forfending
inhibiting
arresting
keeping off
curbing
resisting
halting
restraining
intercepting
putting a stop to
baulking
UK
counteracting
balking
US
countering
rebutting
circumventing
parrying
opposing
turning aside
beating off
fighting off
prohibiting
restricting
repressing
stalling
ruling out
shutting out
turning away
nipping in the bud
retarding
barring
interfering with
anticipating
derailing
keeping away
keeping at arm's length
turning back
stymieing
defeating
evading
nullifying
hampering
crimping
skirting
sidestepping
keeping
trammelling
trammeling
stonewalling
rebuffing
steering clear of
diverting
fencing
discouraging
putting an end to
sending packing
driving back
driving away
holding at bay
circumnavigating
guarding
screening
defending
bulwarking
bypassing
scuppering
spoiling
warding
fending
saving
interrupting
pre-empting
preempting
putting to flight
guarding against
beating back
protecting against
withstanding
putting off
protecting
cramping
shielding
safeguarding
securing
getting out of
escaping
covering
interdicting
standing in the way of
eliminating
debarring
taking down
keeping lid on
forcing back
desisting
shaking
brushing off
keeping from happening
getting in before
beating someone to the draw
keeping back
second-guessing
stealing a march on
withholding
getting ahead of
providing against
safeguarding against
shielding against
turning off
beating someone to it
beating someone to the punch
defending oneself against
seeing off
holding
thrusting back
chasing away
setting back
drawing away
keeping at a distance
sending away
forcing away
fighting back
nixing
shunting
shoving aside
forefending
preparing for
picking off
heading off at pass
cutting off
commandeering
bringing an end to
acting against
working against
staying
discontinuing
ceasing
damping
beating
putting paid to
suppressing
dampening
chilling
chillin
cooling
letting
overturning
scotching
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
controlling
quieting
indisposing
excepting
limiting
disrupting
ruining
taking wind out of
crashing
unsettling
juking
outwitting
putting the kibosh on
upsetting
doing for
ditching
putting the stopper on
wrecking
stumping
making impossible
excluding
making it impossible for
preventing the occurrence of
factoring out
shielding yourself from
sheltering
preserving
removing
taking away
doing away with
getting rid of
foreclosing
getting round
making unnecessary
harboring
US
conserving
harbouring
UK
fortifying
standing up for
refraining from
giving sanctuary
hedging
housing
watching
looking after
upholding
watching over
keeping from harm
garrisoning
caring for
barricading
taking in
repelling danger
insuring
providing sanctuary
keeping safe
dodging
giving up
refusing
leaving off
doing without
withholding from
steering clear
abstaining from
desisting from
skipping
renouncing
kicking
shrinking from
shunning
breaking the habit of
shying from
counterbalancing
making up for
forgoing
denying oneself
skipping out on
staying away
forbearing from
eschewing
neutralizing
US
restraining from
shaking off
shirking
abstaining
staying away from
keeping from
negating
getting around
forbearing
neutralising
UK
driving off
standing off
forcing off
knocking down
postponing
putting back
slowing up
handcuffing
bringing to screeching halt
slowing
putting a brake on
holding off on
shackling
intermitting
closing off
prolonging
throwing a spanner in the works
shutting down
shutting off
holding up
detaining
hamstringing
fettering
choking off
crippling
hog-tying
braking
holding over
retardating
bogging down
getting in the way of
encumbering
shelving
deferring
cumbering
choking
protracting
remitting
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
making late
backing off
proroguing
slowing down
pausing
hobbling
clogging
confining
staving
baffling
dashing
snookering
checkmating
discomfiting
disappointing
crabbing
fouling up
handicapping
lousing up
putting the mockers on
upsetting the applecart
bilking
crossing
nobbling
forbidding
stifling
smashing
bridling
snafuing
embarrassing
constraining
borking
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
sabotaging
interfering
hanging up
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
short-circuiting
tying up
getting in the way
quashing
rooting
disallowing
manacling
banning
proscribing
offsetting
annulling
bucking
suspending
contravening
obscuring
giving the slip
cramping one's style
screwing up
playing off
cooking someone's goose
sparing
reprieving
freeing
disconcerting
absolving
exempting
dispensing
curtailing
finishing
bottlenecking
burdening
muzzling
discharging
throwing a curve
petering out
scuttling
invalidating
strangulating
throwing monkey wrench in
squashing
confounding
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
bringing to a close
making an end of
undoing
rattling
boxing in
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
counterplotting
blanking
burying
tying
confusing
straitening
getting the better of
disqualifying
catching
beating down
messing up
taking wind out of sails
putting end to
causing setback
capturing
enmeshing
ensnaring
netting
snagging
tethering
traversing
estopping
stultifying
shipwrecking
quitting
discounting
discarding
dismissing
making impracticable
making it impracticable for
hemming in
vetoing
recanting
rejecting
abolishing
revoking
outlawing
taking the wind out of your sails
embargoing
ducking
bating
eluding
tabooing
not considering
closing out
closing one's doors to
forgetting about
freezing out
counting out
leaving out
criminalizing
US
sandbagging
freezing
throttling
censoring
complicating
criminalising
UK
fielding
making illegal
giving the red light to
giving the thumbs down to
declaring illegal
saying no
declaring taboo
putting the chill on
weighing down
monkeying with
answering evasively
fighting shy of
fencing off
crushing
overcoming
banjaxing
licking
putting the lid on
giving the run around
dashing one's hope
more ❯
“The observance of a few simple rules will
stave off
danger until assistance can be procured.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to halt an activity or task temporarily
suspending
postponing
delaying
deferring
shelving
adjourning
tabling
proroguing
rescheduling
mothballing
staying
pigeonholing
interrupting
retarding
holding
recessing
intermitting
protracting
prorogating
procrastinating
checking
withholding
disbanding
filing
waiving
barring
inactivating
putting off
holding over
putting back
putting on ice
holding off
holding up
holding in abeyance
putting aside
laying over
putting in cold storage
putting on hold
laying on the table
taking a rain check on
putting on the back burner
laying aside
hanging fire
calling a halt to
keeping in abeyance
putting on back burner
putting in abeyance
hanging up
counting out
ruling out
putting on the shelf
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