fight off's Usage Examples:

The nWo helped to fight off X-Pac and The New Age Outlaws, who had interfered on behalf of Triple H as D-Generation X.

infection within a couple days, but if the tissue and the cells can"t fight off the infection, the creation of pus will begin to form in the lungs which.

Bumblebee tells his friend/leader that he's not evil and he believes in him, then encourages him to fight off Megatron's control also to not give in.

Trouser Press wrote that Zumpano is able to fight off the potential for coyness in its polka dot endeavors and ambitious enough to raise the ante with dramatic horns and pedal steel, treating period evocation as an intermediate goal rather than the stylistic finish line.

Cyprus contributed the greatest part of the forces under Conon for the sea fight off Cnidus.

The series is about four teens who are picked by an alien to fight off monsters, while also finding the time to overcome problems at school.

city until Hungarian reinforcements under Béla IV from the north came to fight off the Serbs.

To help fight off The Undertaker, DiBiase recruited Kama, who stole The Undertaker's urn and had it melted down into a gold chain for himself.

Fang then has to fight off a few erasers.

Following the creation of the Mutant Nation of Krakoa, Slipstream was somehow repowered and became a loyal citizen of Krakoa and is seen helping fight off the Russian Armed Forces that attacked the island.

The capture of HMS Boxer in 1813 was a sea fight off the coast of Maine in the War of 1812.

Hal, John, Guy and Kyle are able to resist Parallax's influence due to their past experience with it, using the rings of the other six Corps to fight off Krona's forces long enough for Guy using the rings of the Red Lantern Corps and the Star Sapphires simultaneously to tear the Central Power Battery's shell away and remove Parallax.

Ultimately, Julian must fight off a massive attack by Khaak, rescuing numerous other characters in the process.

Synonyms:

spar, defend, skirmish, duel, box, join battle, vie, struggle, tug, engage, settle, assail, tourney, get back, joust, combat, wrestle, compete, fence, bandy, oppose, chicken-fight, battle, fight back, attack, wage, feud, contend, fight down, war, chickenfight, tussle, fistfight, scuffle, bear down,

Antonyms:

make peace, defend, uncover, arrange, stifle,