warding off's Usage Examples:

During a relatively peaceful reign Abdallah succeeded in warding off both the Spanish and the Turks and in consolidating the sovereignty.

This has two known purposes: warding off predators from the frog as well as their young (the male performs this.

schools and huddled in the same filthy rooms – without heat – warding off the cold and warding off the rats.

Silvanus is described as the divinity protecting the flocks of cattle, warding off wolves, and promoting their fertility.

Disposing of perfidious spirit DolgyalNechung's role in warding off one interfering spirit in particular is quite extensively detailed in the 5th Dalai Lama's autobiography.

Nuriel is also effective as a charm for warding off evil.

Ultimately, these actions can serve the purpose of warding off predators by causing pain (e.

Sussex, England and continues to hold great superstition with regard to warding off evil spirits in the English counties of East Sussex and West Sussex.

1984 and won the gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, warding off a furious last-minute challenge from the home-crowd favourites, the team.

In this book, a few of Pippi"s newer experiences include her warding off a snobbish, portly tourist who believes Villa Villekulla, her home, to.

Until then, Onmyōdō emphasized divination for policy decisions by high government officials, but since the Heian period, Onmyōdō has emphasized magic and religious services such as warding off evil for preventing natural disasters and epidemics and for the productiveness of grain, as well as curses against opponents.

As part of the religious beliefs of the area, small pieces are placed above the door frame on the inside of houses as a way of warding off evil spirits.

eye or the number five in Arabic (and Berber) tradition are related to warding off the evil eye, as exemplified in the saying khamsa fi ainek ("five [fingers].

Synonyms:

Manhattan,

Antonyms:

deactivation, finish, end, ending,