parry
[verb]
Synonyms:
- ward off, block, deflect, rebuff, repel, repulse
- evade, avoid, dodge, sidestep

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Related Words: preclude, prevent, anticipate, forestall

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par‧ry /ˈpæri/ verb (past tense and past participle parried, present participle parrying, third person singular parries)
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably from French parez! 'prepare!', from parer; ⇒ pare]

1. [intransitive and transitive] to defend yourself against someone who is attacking you by pushing their weapon or hand to one side Synonym : deflect:
It is far easier to parry a direct blow than to stop it forcibly.

2. [transitive] to avoid answering a question that is difficult to answer or that someone does not want to answer:
He parried all her questions about his work.
—parry noun [countable]

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