Synonym: avert, avoid, debar, deflect, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off. Similar words: at the end of, by the end of, kind of, defend, demand of, round off, offender, be fond of. Meaning: v. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.
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61. So far, Seagate has been able to fend off the demands of $800 million in restitution made by Convolve and MIT, but a new break in the case may finally seal Seagate's fate.
62. Now, with the market in shock at Bear Stearns's travails and its stock price cut to ribbons, he'd have to find the best offer he could to fend off bankruptcy.
63. This soup will help you to fend off cold for a time.
64. He tries vto fend off these overeager and pushy friends without their feeling slighted.
65. He tries to fend off these overeager and pushy friends without their feeling slighted.
66. The transgenic maize has been engineered to express a toxin from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) to fend off the European corn borer moth (Ostrinia nubilalis).
More similar words: at the end of, by the end of, kind of, defend, demand of, round off, offender, be fond of, defender, defendant, send out, vendor, endorse, depend on, splendour, tremendous, fence, offense, defense, offensive, defensive, do for, get rid of, get hold of, a load of, ahead of, candor, instead of, be tired of, head office.