forefend

forefend
verb
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
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Let's avoid a confrontation

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head off a confrontation

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avert a strike

Syn:
debar, ↑forfend, ↑obviate, ↑deflect, ↑avert, ↑head off, ↑stave off, ↑fend off, ↑avoid, ↑ward off
Derivationally related forms: ↑avoidable (for: ↑avoid), ↑avertible (for: ↑avert), ↑avertable (for: ↑avert), ↑obviation (for: ↑obviate)
Hypernyms: ↑prevent, ↑forestall, ↑foreclose, ↑preclude, ↑forbid
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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forefend
see forfend.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Forefend — Fore*fend , v. t. [OE. forfenden; pref. for + fenden to fend. See {Fend}, v. t.] To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See {Forfend}. [1913 Webster] God forefend it should ever be recorded in our… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • forefend — index balk Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • forefend — [fôr fend′] vt. alt. sp. of FORFEND …   English World dictionary

  • forefend — variant of forfend …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • forefend — /fawr fend , fohr /, v.t. forfend. * * * …   Universalium

  • forefend — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb See forfend …   English dictionary for students

  • forefend — v. a. Avert, prevent, hinder, forbid, ward off, keep off …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • forefend — fore•fend [[t]fɔrˈfɛnd, foʊr [/t]] v. t. forfend …   From formal English to slang

  • forefend — /fɔˈfɛnd/ (say faw fend) verb (t) → forfend …  

  • Forfend — For*fend , v. t. [Pref. for + fend. See {Forewend}.] To prohibit; to forbid; to avert. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Which peril heaven forefend! Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: This is etymologically the preferable spelling. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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