Warded (off)

• ___ off (repelled)
• Fended (off)
• Repelled, with ''off''
• Like some barrels
• Crushed inward (with "in")
• Crushed in
• Broke up or in
• ___ off (forestalled)

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Stave \Stave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Staved (st[=a]vd) or Stove (st[=o]v); p. pr. & vb. n. Staving .] [From Stave , n., or Staff , n.] To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a ...