turned away

past tense of turn away
as in turned back
to drive back using tree branches, the campers were able to turn away the charging fox, which was apparently rabid

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“Turned away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20away. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.

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