All forfend synonyms

verb forfend

• disadvise — (transitive) To advise against; to dissuade from.
• enjoin — Instruct or urge (someone) to do something.
• exclude — Deny (someone) access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege.
• embargo — Impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity).
• baulk — the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• eliminate — Completely remove or get rid of (something).
• except — Specify as not included in a category or group; exclude.
• put off — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• rule out — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• shut out — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
• stave off — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
• turn off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• put a damper on — To put a damper on something means to have an effect on it which stops it being as enjoyable or as successful as it should be.
• talk out of — dissuade
• throw cold water on — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
• hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
• lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
• do away with — from this or that place; off: to go away.
• head off — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• nip in the bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
• hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.