English-German translations for fend off

• abwehren
  Freilich müssen wir im Plenum gemeinsam zwei Versuche abwehren, dieses Förderprogramm durch Ausweitung stumpf zu machen. In the plenary, however, we are having to work together to fend off two attempts to render this programme of assistance powerless by extending it.
  Mit dem fortschreitenden Klimawandel und der dadurch begünstigten Verschiebung der Wasserkreisläufe wird man heftigere Unwetter natürlich nicht ganz abwehren können. With the march of climate change and the dislocation of water cycles that that promotes, it will not be possible to completely fend off even fiercer storms in the future.

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