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vb. (en-pastward off)
Usage examples of "warded off".
Laughing, Joe warded off an imaginary attack with his arm, just as his phone rang.
Having warded off Asedow's pathetic attack, Potria stole a swift look at the newly arrived mages.
A star sapphire may be used as the material component of a minor globe of invulnerability or globe of invulnerability spell, and in each case increases the level of spells warded off by the barrier by one.
Another foe was squared off with Halisstra, who warded off a pair of stout blows with her mithral shield.
She scrambled away from the flames as she warded off another blow from the axe-wielding enemy in front of her with her mace, feeling the vibration of the blow all the way up her arm.
But a long, bloody wound on her glistening back showed that the girl had not warded off all the attacks from above.