ward off

Speech parts

1. ward off - Verb

2. ward off - Phrase

Meaning

prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

avert, turn away, or repel

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

avoid deflect avert debar fend off stave off obviate head off parry ward head keep prevent intercept repulse

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Antonyms

brook back support allow cause aid

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Hypernyms

prevent defend forbid preclude forestall foreclose

Examples

Let's avoid a confrontation Source: Internet

head off a confrontation Source: Internet

avert a strike Source: Internet

Ward off danger Source: Internet

Again he had to ward off the claims raised by his brother Albert VI; he prevailed by the support of the Tyrolean aristocracy. Source: Internet

According to his own account, it took place in 1940 in a part of the New Forest and was designed to ward off the Nazis from invading Britain by magical means. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

ward off

Close letter words and terms

ward Ward County ward of state ward officer ward round ward teaching