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111ward — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. watch, guard, defend, protect; fend, parry, stave [off]. n. watch, guard, defense, protector; care, charge, custody; protégé[e], dependent, minor; precinct, district; hospital room. See repulsion,… …
112arrest — v 1. seize, take into custody, apprehend, haul in, Inf. pick up, Inf. nab, Inf. pinch, Sl. bust, Sl. nail, Sl. run in, put the arm on [s.o.]; capture, catch, detain; hold, secure, collar; take prisoner, imprison, jail, incarcerate. 2. attract,… …
113check — v 1. stop, arrest, stay, stall, bring to a standstill; halt, pause, hesitate, balk, brake; put a stop or an end to, terminate, end, quash, quell, squash, Inf. put the kibosh on, nip in the bud; cut, cut back on, decrease, diminish, reduce, lessen …
114forestall — v 1. preclude, prevent, hinder, thwart, frustrate; obviate, intercept, obstruct, sidetrack, avert, ward off, stave off, fend off, parry, divert, avoid; nip in the bud, squelch in its infancy. 2. anticipate, be beforehand, get ahead of, steal a… …
115kibosh — n 1.Informal. nonsense, balderdash, ma larkey, Sl. baloney, poppycock, Inf. flapdoodle. 2.Informal. put the kibosh on check, curb, nip in the bud, cut short or off, stop; squelch, quell, put down, quash, suppress, repress; contain, put the lid on …
116scotch — v 1. thwart, abort, foil, balk, frustrate; cripple, clip the wings of, hamstring, handicap; undermine, injure, sabotage; obstruct, impede, interfere with, intercept, inhibit, hamper, hinder, Sl. screw up, Inf. short circuit; checkmate,… …
117stamp — v 1.(all with the foot) strike, beat, pound, crush, mash, squash, Dial. squish; step on, Inf. stomp, tread on, tramp on, trample. 2.Usu. stamp out put out, extinguish, snuff out, kill; suppress, subdue, quell, quash, put down, squelch, scotch,… …
118head someone/something off — 1 he went to head off the cars: INTERCEPT, divert, deflect, redirect, re route, draw away, turn away. 2 they headed off a row: FORESTALL, avert, ward …
119Herman Rarebell — in Saarbrücken (2011) Herman Rarebell (* 18. November 1949 in Hüttersdorf, Saarland, als Hermann Erbel) ist ein deutscher Schlagzeuger. Seine Ausbildung erhielt er in den Fächern Schlagzeug und Klavier an der Musikhochschule Saarbrücken …
120head off — 1) he went to head off the cars Syn: intercept, divert, deflect, redirect, reroute, draw away, turn away 2) they headed off a confrontation Syn: forestall, avert, ward off, fend off, stave off …
