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Fend off

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To defend against; to repel with force or effort

    "They tried citronella to fend off the mosquitos, to no avail."

  2. 2
    prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off wordnet
  3. 3
    To prevent (a vessel) from running against anything with too much violence.

Etymology

fend + off

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