staving off

verb

Definition of staving offnext
present participle of stave off
1
as in turning back
to drive back managed to stave off the invaders

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2
as in preventing
to keep from happening by taking action in advance the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staving off
  1. preventing
  2. averting
  3. resisting
Verb
  • Impaction is when something is preventing a tooth, usually a wisdom tooth, from growing in all the way.
    Sarah Hudgens, Health, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This simple practice helps get those worries off your chest for later reflection, preventing them from taking over your mind in the moment.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of preventing
Verb
  • Instead of averting a partisan battle, the delay ignited one.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Youth entrepreneurship can be a solution to averting the looming crisis of climate impact.
    Tony O. Elumelu, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of averting
Verb
  • As the number of apps multiplies beyond all logic or utility, won’t people start resisting them?
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Key Background Biden dropped out of the race on July 21 after resisting calls from within his own party for weeks to end his reelection bid in the wake of his disastrous performance in the June 27 debate.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of resisting
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