WARD OFF AN ATTACK

Meaning of WARD OFF AN ATTACK in English

drive away an assault

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
WARD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Howe Julia Ward Julia Ward Montgomery Ward & Co. {{link=Ann Ward">Ann Ward Ward Barbara …
Английский словарь Британика
WARD — I. ˈwȯ(ə)rd, ˈwȯ(ə)d noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weard (feminine); akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
ATTACK — I. əˈtak, chiefly substand -kt verb ( attacked -kt, chiefly substand -ktə̇d ; attacked ; attacking ; attacks ) Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-WARD — I. _wə(r)d adjective suffix also -wards -dz Etymology: -ward from Middle English, from Old English -weard; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WARD — — wardless , adj. /wawrd/ , n. 1. a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ATTACK — — attackable , adj. — attacker , n. /euh tak"/ , v.t. 1. to set upon in a forceful, violent, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WARD — I. ˈwȯrd noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weard & Anglo-French warde, garde, of Germanic origin; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ATTACK — I. ə-ˈtak verb Etymology: Middle French attaquer, from Old Italian * estaccare to attach, from stacca stake, of Germanic origin; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-WARD — I. adjective suffix also -wards Etymology: -ward from Middle English, from Old English -weard; akin to Old High German -wart, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WARD — noun a division of a forest. 2. ward ·noun a division of a county. 3. ward ·vi to be vigilant; …
Webster English vocab
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
ATTACK — vi to make an onset or attack. 2. attack ·noun a setting to work upon some task, ·etc. 3. attack …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
WARD — [ward] n [ME, fr. OE weard; akin to OHG warta act of watching, OE warian to beware of, guard, waer …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ATTACK — [at.tack] vb [MF attaquer, fr. (assumed) OIt estaccare to attach, fr. stacca stake, of Gmc origin; akin to OE staca] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-WARD — [-ward] also -wards adj suffix [-ward fr. ME, fr. OE -weard; akin to OHG -wart, -wert -ward, L vertere to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
WARD — / wɔːd; NAmE wɔːrd/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. a separate room or area in a hospital for people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ATTACK — / əˈtæk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun VIOLENCE 1. [ C , U ] attack (on sb) an …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WARD — I. ward 1 W3 /wɔːd $ wɔːrd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: weard 'guarding' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ATTACK — I. at ‧ tack 1 S2 W2 /əˈtæk/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ attack , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WARD — n. & v. n. 1 a separate room or division of a hospital, prison, etc. (men's surgical ward). 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WARD — n. & v. --n. 1. a separate room or division of a hospital, prison, etc. (men's surgical ward). 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
WARD — ( wards, warding, warded) 1. A ward is a room in a hospital which has beds for many people, often …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ATTACK — ( attacks, attacking, attacked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. To attack …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ATTACK — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. To ~ a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WARD — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hospital ward/room ▪ nurses working on hospital wards isolation hospital/ward British English ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ATTACK — [verb] [T] - to try to hurt or defeat using violenceMost wild animals won't attack humans unless they are provoked. …
Cambridge English vocab
WARD — n. Beecher Henry Ward Howe Julia Ward Julia Ward Montgomery Ward & Co. Ann Ward Ward Barbara Mary Baroness Jackson …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WARD — Synonyms and related words : Kreis, VA hospital, X ray, acropolis, administration, aegis, archbishopric, archdiocese, armament, armor, arrondissement, asylum, auspices, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ATTACK — I. verb 1. to act in violent opposition cavalry attacked the Indian camp Synonyms: aggress, assail, assault, beset, fall (on …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
ATTACK — I. noun 1 violence against sb ADJECTIVE ▪ brutal , frenzied , horrific , savage , serious , vicious , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Longman Activator English vocab
WARD — n. 25B6; noun the surgical ward : ROOM, department, unit, area. the most marginal ward in Westminster : DISTRICT, constituency, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WARD — n. 1 district, division, precinct, section, zone, quarter Perkin was running for re-election as councillor of the Eastgate ward 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ATTACK — v. 1 assail, assault, fall or set or pounce upon; charge, rush, raid, strike (at), storm; engage (in battle), fight; …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AN — indefinite article BAD : I had never visited an hospital before. GOOD : I had never visited a hospital before. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WARD — сущ. 1) опека to be in ward ≈ находиться под опекой 2) опекаемый; подопечный ward of court юр. ≈ лицо, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. ≈ Ему нужно было уйти. to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ATTACK — 1. сущ. 1) атака, наступление; наступательный бой; нападение (against, on) under attack ≈ в наступлении to blunt attack ≈ сдерживать …
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