English-French translations for fend off

• raffuter
• repousser
  Nous devons veiller à repousser toutes les activités criminelles susceptibles de l'affecter. We must ensure that we fend off all criminal activity that could affect it.

Definition of fend off

• To defend against; to repel with force or effort
• To prevent from running against anything with too much violence

Examples

• They tried citronella to fend off the mosquitos, to no avail.

Related words

• offend
• offender
• offending
• offended
• reoffender
• unoffending
• offending object
• minor offender
• sex offender