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English verb: forfend | |||
| 1. | forfend (social) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening | ||
| Samples | Let's avoid a confrontation. Head off a confrontation. Avert a strike. | ||
| Synonyms | avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent | ||
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