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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  stave off
       v : prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's
           avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation";
           "avert a strike" [syn: debar, obviate, deflect, avert,
            head off, fend off, avoid, ward off]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  stave off
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or
  avert

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  stave off
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or
  avert

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  stave off
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or
  avert

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  stave off
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or
  avert

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  stave off /stˈeɪv ˈɒf/ 
  odvrátit

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  stave off /stˈeɪv ˈɒf/ 
  pitää loitolla, torjua
  prevent something from happening

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  stave off /stˈeɪv ˈɒf/ 
  1. किसी बुरी चीज़ को स्वयं से दूर रखना
        "Oh God! Stave the danger off from my family."

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  stave off /ˌsteɪvˈɒf/ 
    zapobiegać, odkładać

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  stave off /stˈeɪv ˈɒf/ 
  avvärja, mota bort
  prevent something from happening

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "stave off":
     adjourn, anticipate, avert, bar, beat off, block, check, continue,
     counter, debar, defer, deflect, delay, deter, discourage,
     dishearten, drag out, drive back, drive off, estop, exclude,
     extend, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, hang fire,
     hang up, help, hinder, hold at bay, hold off, hold over, hold up,
     keep at bay, keep from, keep off, lay aside, lay by, lay over,
     obstruct, obviate, parry, pigeonhole, postpone, preclude, prevent,
     prohibit, prolong, prorogate, prorogue, protract, push aside,
     push back, put aside, put back, put off, put on ice, rebuff, rebut,
     recess, repel, repulse, reserve, rule out, save, set aside, set by,
     shelve, shift off, sleep on, stand over, stay, stop, stretch out,
     suspend, table, take a recess, turn aside, waive, ward, ward off
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     挡开,阻止,防止,避开

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