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What is another word for
warding off
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Verb
Present participle for to fend off or defend against something hostile
Present participle for to avert or prevent the occurrence of
Present participle for to ward off or put up an opposition to (an attack)
Present participle for to prevent oneself from
Present participle for to protect the state of someone or something
(
archaic
)
Present participle for to defend, protect, or guard against
Present participle for to exclude or reject as a candidate or possibility
Present participle for to struggle or fight back when attacked
Noun
Lack of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive
The action of driving back an attack or of being driven back
Adjective
Used or intended to avert or thwart danger or disaster
… more ▼
▲
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fend off or defend against something hostile
repelling
repulsing
deflecting
defending against
fending off
holding off
driving back
fighting off
keeping at bay
staving off
beating back
keeping off
protecting against
chasing away
putting to flight
sending packing
rebutting
resisting
beating off
turning away
parrying
keeping away
turning back
discouraging
preventing
rebuffing
averting
countering
turning aside
fighting back
driving away
keeping at arm's length
blocking
checking
deterring
forcing back
retaliating
putting up a fight
foiling
holding back
brushing off
holding at bay
frustrating
seeing off
opposing
thrusting back
drawing away
defending yourself
defending
stopping
knocking down
driving off
forcing off
standing off
stalling
avoiding
keeping at a distance
nixing
forcing away
setting back
shirking
bypassing
rebuking
forestalling
anticipating
precluding
eluding
shunning
fencing
shielding yourself from
more ❯
“Alcibiades urged the Spartans to send troops and supplies in order that the Syracusans and their allies be better equipped to
ward off
the invaders.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to avert or prevent the occurrence of
thwarting
foiling
forestalling
circumventing
countering
curbing
derailing
halting
opposing
preventing
stymieing
arresting
defeating
evading
prohibiting
balking
US
baulking
UK
circumnavigating
counteracting
hindering
impeding
inhibiting
nullifying
obstructing
staving off
checking
crimping
repressing
restraining
restricting
retarding
sidestepping
skirting
averting
avoiding
barring
blocking
scuppering
spoiling
stalling
stonewalling
trammelling
trammeling
heading off
holding back
defending against
putting an end to
putting a stop to
shutting out
steering clear of
stopping
fending off
obviating
precluding
holding off
frustrating
deterring
intercepting
forfending
nipping in the bud
deflecting
helping
ruling out
hampering
interfering with
diverting
turning aside
anticipating
pre-empting
interdicting
debarring
keeping lid on
staying
preempting
saving
keeping from happening
getting in before
turning off
beating someone to the draw
keeping back
second-guessing
beating someone to it
keeping at bay
beating someone to the punch
interrupting
stealing a march on
putting off
discontinuing
delaying
getting ahead of
providing against
keeping off
forbidding
plugging
estopping
shunting
shoving aside
picking off
heading off at pass
preparing for
cutting off
commandeering
staving
keeping
desisting
ceasing
cramping
chillin
cooling
dampening
letting
damping
chilling
bringing an end to
acting against
working against
withstanding
resisting
getting out of
escaping
beating
bypassing
putting paid to
handicapping
parrying
standing in the way of
overturning
scotching
suppressing
forefending
limiting
disrupting
encumbering
controlling
shaking
discouraging
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
quieting
withholding
indisposing
detaining
ruining
taking wind out of
outwitting
putting the kibosh on
upsetting
crashing
doing for
unsettling
taking down
ditching
putting the stopper on
wrecking
juking
stumping
decelerating
hamstringing
taking away
removing
doing away with
getting rid of
eliminating
making unnecessary
foreclosing
getting round
putting a brake on
cumbering
intermitting
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
clogging
holding up
fettering
baffling
dashing
slowing
getting in the way of
hobbling
shackling
fouling up
snookering
hanging up
checkmating
discomfiting
slowing down
crippling
interfering
putting the mockers on
sabotaging
handcuffing
getting in the way
disappointing
nobbling
crossing
crabbing
lousing up
upsetting the applecart
screwing up
suspending
borking
smashing
cramping one's style
hog-tying
shutting off
confusing
snafuing
neutralizing
US
braking
manacling
neutralising
UK
remitting
rattling
embarrassing
obscuring
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
bridling
shelving
tying up
sandbagging
short-circuiting
closing off
shutting down
giving a hard time
bilking
traversing
rooting
stultifying
shipwrecking
giving the slip
strangulating
playing off
cooking someone's goose
taking the wind out of your sails
finishing off
finishing
throttling
screening
monkeying with
weighing down
complicating
contravening
scuttling
invalidating
petering out
standing off
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
squashing
repelling
confounding
repulsing
undoing
postponing
damming
freezing
fazing
counterplotting
blanking
burying
retardating
chaining
entangling
disconcerting
binding
deferring
protracting
pausing
subverting
bringing to a close
making an end of
proroguing
beating down
messing up
getting the better of
taking wind out of sails
putting end to
causing setback
prolonging
choking
holding
confining
disempowering
putting back
slowing up
bringing to screeching halt
holding off on
choking off
holding over
bogging down
making late
backing off
setting back
constraining
saddling with
quashing
crushing
disturbing
affecting
confronting
stifling
destabilizing
US
influencing
tampering
discommoding
inconveniencing
incommoding
jamming
troubling
conflicting
banjaxing
demoralizing
US
attenuating
overcoming
licking
canceling
US
annulling
conquering
negating
cancelling
UK
sapping
emasculating
undermining
botching
softening
challenging
destabilising
UK
dragging through the mud
demoralising
UK
queering the pitch of
poking full of holes
clipping one's wings
putting the lid on
dashing one's hope
giving the run around
rendering null and void
more ❯
“These functions include helping the body to improve heart health, to detoxify, and to
ward off
diabetes, epilepsy, and cystic fibrosis.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to ward off or put up an opposition to (an attack)
countering
combatting
combating
fighting
opposing
negating
attacking
rebuffing
repelling
repulsing
resisting
tackling
battling
fending off
oppugning
staving off
beating
contending with
contravening
defying
fighting off
holding at bay
matching
meeting
standing up to
taking on
putting up a fight against
flying in the face of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent oneself from
helping
avoiding
refraining from
stopping
averting
dodging
evading
preventing
abstaining
abstaining from
bypassing
circumventing
desisting
escaping
forbearing
getting around
precluding
resisting
restraining from
shaking off
shirking
shrinking from
shying from
sidestepping
skipping
skipping out on
skirting
staying away
staying away from
steering clear
steering clear of
withstanding
breaking the habit of
fending off
forbearing from
getting out of
holding off
keeping from
shunning
anticipating
arresting
blocking
checking
counteracting
counterbalancing
eschewing
heading off
hindering
impeding
interfering with
making up for
negating
neutralising
UK
neutralizing
US
nullifying
obviating
prohibiting
shaking
staving off
denying oneself
desisting from
doing without
forgoing
giving up
kicking
leaving off
refusing
renouncing
withholding from
Verb
▲
Present participle for to protect the state of someone or something
ensuring
safeguarding
guarding
protecting
assuring
bulwarking
conserving
covering
defending
fending
maintaining
preserving
saving
screening
securing
shielding
upholding
watching over
fortifying
making invulnerable
sheltering
taking care of
giving sanctuary
harboring
US
harbouring
UK
keeping safe
sticking up for
championing
fostering
looking after
supporting
keeping
warding
forfending
fencing
housing
keeping from harm
preventing
averting
watching
resisting
opposing
hedging
garrisoning
barricading
insuring
withstanding
holding
staving off
fending off
taking in
holding at bay
repelling danger
caring for
beating off
guarding against
providing sanctuary
insulating
inoculating
cushioning
shading
wrapping
concealing
havening
stonewalling
roofing
shotgunning
chambering
covering up
going to bat for
affording protection to
riding shotgun
covering all bases
taking under one's wing
providing protection for
giving shelter
giving cover
standing guard over
minding
policing
escorting
giving refuge
tending
sustaining
chaperoning
patrolling
occupying
manning
overseeing
cloistering
nannying
keeping an eye on
mothering
cocooning
overlooking
being responsible for
ministering to
guiding
presiding over
ruling
persevering with
attending to
having charge of
squiring
hiding
surrounding
covering for
enclosing
providing safety
accompanying
perpetuating
prolonging
nursing
stewarding
keeping intact
keeping up
sentineling
sentinelling
taking someone under your wing
standing up for
immunizing
US
saving from harm
standing guard on
immunising
UK
mounting guard on
standing guard
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
archaic
)
Present participle for to defend, protect, or guard against
fencing
defending
guarding
protecting
shielding
screening
safeguarding
securing
bulwarking
keeping
warding
covering
forfending
fending
repelling
repulsing
blocking
checking
holding off
staving off
fending off
holding back
protecting against
safeguarding against
shielding against
guarding against
defending oneself against
fighting off
keeping at bay
keeping at arm's length
resisting
heading off
standing up for
keeping off
Verb
▲
Present participle for to exclude or reject as a candidate or possibility
ruling out
excluding
discarding
discounting
dismissing
eliminating
barring
debarring
excepting
abolishing
averting
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
disallowing
forbidding
forestalling
forfending
obviating
precluding
preventing
prohibiting
proscribing
recanting
rejecting
revoking
suspending
banning
bating
deterring
counting out
leaving out
closing out
freezing out
not considering
shutting out
forgetting about
putting paid to
closing one's doors to
interdicting
vetoing
embargoing
blocking
stopping
blackballing
omitting
banishing
boycotting
refusing
blacklisting
blacking
ignoring
removing
discluding
disbarring
estopping
sidelining
setting aside
occluding
putting an embargo on
cutting out
passing over
ostracizing
US
ostracising
UK
outlawing
expelling
snubbing
repudiating
disqualifying
shunning
tabooing
exiling
enjoining
inhibiting
criminalizing
US
criminalising
UK
making illegal
excommunicating
throwing out
spurning
placing an embargo on
disfellowshiping
disfellowshipping
keeping out
halting
restraining
cold-shouldering
restricting
avoiding
suppressing
declaring ineligible
casting out
ousting
putting an end to
putting a stop to
disregarding
illegalizing
locking out
marginalizing
US
denying
nixing
passing by
passing up
depriving
shutting the door on
saying no to
sending to Coventry
declaring illegal
icing out
leaving out in the cold
giving the thumbs down to
disfranchising
giving the cold shoulder
rusticating
disentitling
marginalising
UK
evicting
limiting
blanking
disowning
condemning
penalising
UK
penalizing
US
getting rid of
rebuffing
discharging
forcing out
invalidating
coldshouldering
freezing
censoring
officially forbidding
giving the red light to
giving the cold shoulder to
closing down
steering clear of
killing
turning down
zinging
putting down
foreclosing
alienating
subjugating
censuring
exempting
unchurching
obstructing
interrupting
dropping
ejecting
denouncing
squeezing out
waiving
anathematizing
drumming out
cashiering
counteracting
voting against
takfiring
cursing
destroying
checking
thwarting
denying entry
prohibiting from entering
circumventing
overriding
weeding out
considering undesirable
denying access to
disenfranchising
opposing
refusing admission to
refusing entrance to
shutting out of
shutting off
refusing to employ
refusing to admit
crosses out
handing someone the frozen mitt
leaving in the cold
marking off
putting on hit list
declining
standing in the way of
cutting off
disapproving
unfitting
leaving out of account
negativing
overruling
reprobating
putting the kibosh on
overturning
reversing
quashing
countermanding
shutting down
saying no
declaring taboo
withholding
putting the chill on
incapacitating
disabling
hanging up
tying up
bottling up
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
stymieing
holding up
locking up
corking
boxing in
putting half nelson on
spiking
jamming up
keeping lid on
squashing
disavowing
disclaiming
abjuring
brushing off
imposing sanctions
abstaining from
having nothing to do with
withholding patronage
refusing to take part in
holding aloof from
washing your hands of
striking
refraining from
turning your back on
staying away from
giving a wide berth to
declaring null and void
keeping back
disacknowledging
passing on
throwing
negating
impairing
disenabling
paralyzing
US
weakening
eighty-sixing
paralysing
UK
repulsing
forgoing
begrudging
cutting
enjoining from
knocking back
giving the brush-off to
turning thumbs down
standing in the way
isolating
not making the cut
displacing
cutting dead
casting off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to struggle or fight back when attacked
resisting
fighting
combatting
combating
repelling
challenging
counterattacking
assailing
assaulting
attacking
battling
contesting
dueling
US
duelling
UK
battling against
struggling against
fighting against
holding off
struggling with
contending with
facing up to
fending off
standing up to
fighting back
keeping at bay
putting up a fight against
remaining firm
standing firm
turning down
holding out against
putting up a fight
Noun
▲
Lack of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive
imperviousness
impermeability
invulnerability
resistance
solidity
watertightness
battle
blocking
check
combat
contention
counteraction
cover
defiance
detention
fight
friction
hindrance
holding
immunity
impedance
impediment
intransigence
obstruction
protection
rebuff
refusal
retardation
safeguard
screen
shield
stand
struggle
support
unsusceptibility
watch
halting
impeding
insusceptibility
parrying
protecting
striking back
withstanding
opposition
renitency
renitence
fighting
conflict
confrontation
challenge
dissent
enmity
hostility
obstructiveness
antipathy
opposure
antinomy
contest
oppugnancy
violation
strife
unfriendliness
non-compliance
civil disobedience
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of driving back an attack or of being driven back
repulse
repelling
repulsion
check
foiling
frustration
driving back
holding off
putting to flight
Adjective
▲
Used or intended to avert or thwart danger or disaster
defensive
preventive
resistive
averting
arresting
baulking
UK
balking
US
foiling
checking
forestalling
frustrating
interrupting
thwarting
in opposition
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