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staves off
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To fend off or defend against something hostile
To avert or forestall by taking preventative action
To halt an activity or task temporarily
Verb
▲
To fend off or defend against something hostile
repels
repulses
rebuts
resists
opposes
counters
retaliates
fends off
wards off
beats off
fights off
turns away
turns back
defends against
defends yourself
fights back
puts up a fight
defends
combats
fights
negates
attacks
rebuffs
tackles
oppugns
battles
holds at bay
defies
contends with
meets
beats
matches
contravenes
stands up to
puts up a fight against
flies in the face of
takes on
“The inhabitants of Leptis and Oea were unable to
stave off
the invading barbarians.”
Verb
▲
To avert or forestall by taking preventative action
prevents
averts
forestalls
precludes
hinders
blocks
obviates
avoids
helps
delays
deflects
wards off
heads off
holds off
holds back
keeps at bay
fends off
stops
foils
repels
checks
thwarts
obstructs
impedes
repulses
deters
defends against
frustrates
forfends
inhibits
arrests
keeps off
curbs
resists
halts
restrains
intercepts
puts a stop to
baulks
UK
counteracts
balks
US
counters
rebuts
circumvents
parries
opposes
turns aside
fights off
beats off
prohibits
restricts
represses
stalls
rules out
shuts out
nips in the bud
turns away
retards
bars
interferes with
anticipates
derails
keeps away
keeps at arm's length
turns back
stymies
defeats
evades
nullifies
hampers
crimps
sidesteps
skirts
keeps
stonewalls
trammels
rebuffs
steers clear of
diverts
fences
discourages
puts an end to
sends packing
drives away
drives back
holds at bay
circumnavigates
guards
screens
defends
bulwarks
bypasses
spoils
scuppers
wards
fends
saves
interrupts
pre-empts
preempts
puts to flight
beats back
guards against
puts off
withstands
protects against
protects
cramps
shields
safeguards
secures
gets out of
escapes
covers
interdicts
stands in the way of
eliminates
debars
takes down
keeps lid on
steals a march on
shakes
beats someone to the draw
sets back
keeps back
beats someone to the punch
turns off
withholds
second-guesses
sees off
holds
chases away
gets in before
thrusts back
shields against
beats someone to it
keeps from happening
desists
safeguards against
provides against
brushes off
defends oneself against
forces back
gets ahead of
draws away
keeps at a distance
sends away
fights back
forces away
nixes
shunts
shoves aside
forefends
stays
heads off at pass
commandeers
cuts off
prepares for
picks off
acts in advance of
brings an end to
acts against
works against
damps
chills
lets
dampens
cools
ceases
discontinues
suppresses
beats
puts paid to
overturns
scotches
controls
indisposes
throws cold water on
puts a damper on
pours cold water on
quiets
excepts
limits
disrupts
does for
puts the stopper on
wrecks
puts the kibosh on
stumps
ruins
outwits
jukes
ditches
upsets
takes wind out of
crashes
unsettles
factors out
makes it impossible for
excludes
makes impossible
prevents the occurrence of
shelters
preserves
removes
gets rid of
forecloses
does away with
takes away
gets round
makes unnecessary
harbors
US
conserves
harbours
UK
fortifies
stands up for
refrains from
repels danger
barricades
keeps from harm
garrisons
insures
provides sanctuary
houses
watches
keeps safe
gives sanctuary
looks after
cares for
watches over
takes in
upholds
hedges
dodges
shuns
shirks
breaks the habit of
withholds from
makes up for
forgoes
skips
refuses
abstains
counterbalances
keeps from
negates
leaves off
gives up
shakes off
kicks
does without
neutralises
UK
shrinks from
renounces
steers clear
desists from
eschews
stays away
forbears from
neutralizes
US
restrains from
shies from
denies oneself
gets around
forbears
skips out on
abstains from
stays away from
stands off
forces off
knocks down
drives off
postpones
retardates
intermits
slows
puts back
prorogues
gets in the way of
detains
throws a spanner in the works
prolongs
hog-ties
cumbers
cripples
slows down
shuts off
shelves
confines
chokes off
makes late
protracts
brakes
holds off on
hamstrings
brings to screeching halt
defers
encumbers
fetters
backs off
clogs
holds over
closes off
shackles
remits
throws a monkey wrench in the works of
pauses
slows up
handcuffs
chokes
hobbles
bogs down
shuts down
holds up
puts a brake on
staves
baffles
dashes
snookers
checkmates
discomfits
disappoints
crabs
fouls up
handicaps
louses up
puts the mockers on
upsets the applecart
bilks
crosses
nobbles
forbids
stifles
smashes
bridles
snafus
embarrasses
constrains
borks
cancels
sabotages
interferes
hangs up
puts a spoke in someone's wheel
short-circuits
ties up
gets in the way
quashes
roots
disallows
manacles
bans
proscribes
bucks
annuls
offsets
suspends
contravenes
obscures
gives the slip
cramps one's style
screws up
plays off
cooks someone's goose
frees
spares
reprieves
disconcerts
absolves
dispenses
exempts
curtails
finishes
bottlenecks
discharges
muzzles
burdens
throws a curve
peters out
invalidates
scuttles
strangulates
throws monkey wrench in
squashes
confounds
takes out of play
puts the brakes on
makes an end of
brings to a close
rattles
undoes
boxes in
throws a spoke in the wheel of
buries
counterplots
blanks
confuses
ties
gets the better of
disqualifies
straitens
puts end to
messes up
beats down
takes wind out of sails
causes setback
catches
traverses
nets
ensnares
captures
enmeshes
snags
estops
tethers
shipwrecks
stultifies
quits
dismisses
discounts
discards
makes it impracticable for
makes impracticable
hems in
vetoes
outlaws
takes the wind out of your sails
rejects
abolishes
revokes
recants
embargoes
ducks
eludes
bates
taboos
freezes out
leaves out
closes one's doors to
forgets about
counts out
closes out
not considers
criminalizes
US
freezes
sandbags
censors
throttles
criminalises
UK
complicates
fields
makes illegal
gives the red light to
gives the thumbs down to
declares taboo
puts the chill on
says no
declares illegal
weighs down
answers evasively
fences off
fights shy of
monkeys with
crushes
overcomes
banjaxes
licks
puts the lid on
gives the run around
dashes one's hope
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“The observance of a few simple rules will
stave off
danger until assistance can be procured.”
Verb
▲
To halt an activity or task temporarily
suspends
postpones
delays
defers
shelves
adjourns
tables
prorogues
reschedules
mothballs
stays
pigeonholes
interrupts
retards
holds
recesses
intermits
protracts
prorogates
procrastinates
checks
withholds
disbands
files
waives
bars
inactivates
puts off
holds over
puts back
puts on ice
holds off
holds up
holds in abeyance
puts aside
lays over
puts in cold storage
puts on hold
lays on the table
takes a rain check on
puts on the back burner
lays aside
hangs fire
calls a halt to
keeps in abeyance
puts on back burner
puts in abeyance
hangs up
counts out
rules out
puts on the shelf
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