Beat back
Beat back verb - Cause to move back by force or influence.
Usage example: beat back the invaders
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Badass Army: The VE Stormtrooper Corps, Phoenix Company in particular: they held off three Star Destroyers and crippled two of them, then beat back a planetwide invasion force on their home planet.
Source: Roleplay / Vast Empire - One Blade can consider facing a dozen opponents an insult, and once served as Aegon's personal elite guard after their much smaller force beat back his army and killed one dragon.
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