а. предотвратить или отсрочить (бедствие и т. п.); We need another highly skilled player to stave off defeat for our team; б. отбросить (противника); She was so beautiful that she had difficulty staving off all the men who wanted to marry her.
STAVE OFF
Англо-русский перевод STAVE OFF
Мюллер. English-Russian Muller's dictionary bed edition. Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера редакция bed. 2012