āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
ward off
/wËÉËd ËÉf/
to ward off
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āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to repel or avoid an attack or undesirable situation
Transitive: to ward off an attack or undesirable element
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Installing a security system can help ward off burglars and protect the home from potential break-ins.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻŽ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ-āĻāĻ¨ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to prevent or defend against something
Transitive: to ward off a risk
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The new regulations are designed to ward off the risk of financial instability.
āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
