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vb. (en-third-person singularfend off)
Usage examples of "fends off".
I had run into a protecting curtain that fends off assassins of the air from these high-flung sleeping apartments.
The Empire keeps the Pax, holds the trade lanes open, fends off the outside enemy, guards the heritage&mdash.
Poole coughs loudly and fends off the embrace that accompanies the words.
One of us would have to discharge the pulse while the other fends off whoever comes after us.
The field contains pressure, maintains temperature, and fends off harmful radiation, even excessive visible light.
While he fends off the dangerous ones he puts out his fat little paw and strokes Tania's hair.
Du-Akai, showing more spirit than I would have given her credit for, leaps from the driver's pillion, fends off an attacker and dashes towards us, crowd in pursuit.