FENDING OFF Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

fending (off)

verb

present participle of fend (off)

as in turning back

to drive back the herd fended off attacking hyenas

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However, investors on Tuesday are turning back to semiconductors and power, electrical equipment, and liquid cooling providers like Eaton , which posted strong quarterly results and raised its full-year outlook.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Tide turns back to franchises Then the tide started turning back toward familiar waters.

— Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of turning back

Verb

In July 2026, accounts from prospective commercial customers and satellite operators revealed that SpaceX had begun turning away Falcon 9 customers to focus its resources on the more capable Starship rocket.

— Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
The party’s pro-Israel hawks say that turning away from Israel is out of step with the electorate.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of turning away

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The patent-pending fabric technology delivers the comfort and insulation of traditional sherpa while actively repelling hay, straw, mulch and grass from clinging to the high-pile fleece.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
The most water-repelling plastics, polyethylene and polypropylene, were the most reactive, and PET and acrylic were the least reactive.

— Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of repelling

Verb

Burgess has been arrested seven times in the last 10 years, with charges including criminal possession of a weapon, resisting arrest, criminal sale of marijuana, and gang assault.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
That same day, another federal district judge in a separate case in California barred DOJ from threatening election workers with criminal prosecution for refusing to stop processing ballots or resisting other demands.

— Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of resisting

Verb

Liverpool are keen for the 21-year-old to gain regular senior experience with Hartberg beating off competition from a number of clubs in Switzerland and France.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 20 July 2026
The dogs had driven the woman into the surf before a tourist came to her rescue, beating off the dingoes.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026

Definition of beating off

Verb

Those impulses may have been shaped not by paranoia, but by evolution, as a way of staving off sickness in an uncertain world.

— Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
But in August, Mangione confessed to the killing and pleaded guilty to two stalking charges, staving off the federal trial.

— Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of staving off

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