Parry

To parry the attack, press the Parry button exactly when your enemy's attack is about to connect.

I didn't have time to parry Tom's attack.

Parry, then strike.

One had to be on one's guard when thus confronted and, in the course of my numerous meetings with him, I had on occasion to exercise all my wits and be prepared at a moment's notice to parry a very awkward question, to which I would much rather have given a considered reply.

Wojciech Szczesny was then called into action twice in a minute to parry fierce drives from Djebbour and Torossidis as Arsenal's back four looked all at sea.