Fight
Ward off
Ward off verb - Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.
Both terms in one sentence
- When nightfall came, a scorpion attacks them, and Anty tries to fight it off, but gets fatally poisoned in the process, which makes the kids ward off the scorpion themselves.
Source: Disney Death / Disney - They send symbolic crates of it to the ends of the world, collect tripe relics, ward off vampires with tripe, and fight competitors in violent street brawls.
Source: Comic Strip / The Fosdyke Saga - As the Last Battle approaches, we see more and more regular people realizing that they have no choice but to fight and taking up arms to help ward off the Dark One's minions.
Source: Lets Get Dangerous / Literature
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