to avert (ward off) danger

  • 21Germany — • History divided by time periods, beginning with before 1556 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Germany     Germany     † …

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  • 22Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… …

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  • 23defend — 1 Defend, protect, shield, guard, safeguard mean to keep secure from danger or against attack. Defend implies the use of means to ward off something that actually threatens or to repel something that actually attacks {raise a large army to defend …

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  • 24arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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  • 25fend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. defend, protect, take care of; ward, hold, or stave off; avert; shift [for oneself], be on one s own. See defense, repulsion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. parry, repel, resist; see defend 1 , oppose 2 .… …

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  • 26Tang Dynasty — For the band, see Tang Dynasty (band). Tang 唐 ← …

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  • 27List of The Story of Saiunkoku characters — The following is a list of characters from the light novel, anime and manga series, The Story of Saiunkoku. Contents 1 The Hong clan 1.1 Shūrei Ko 1.2 (Seien Shi)Seiran Si …

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  • 28South African law of delict — The South African law of delict engages primarily with the circumstances in which one person can claim compensation from another for harm that has been suffered. [1] JC Van der Walt and Rob Midgley define a delict, in general terms [...] as a… …

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  • 29Mill, John Stuart: Ethics and politics — J.S.Mill Ethics and politics R.F.Khan ON LIBERTY John Stuart Mill’s mature views on ethics and politics are to be found in On Liberty (published in 1859), Utilitarianism (1861), Considerations on Representative Government (1861) and The… …

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  • 30defend — [v1] protect avert, battle, beat off, bulwark, care for, cherish, conserve, contend, cover, entrench, espouse, fend off, fight, fight for, fortify, foster, garrison, guard, guard against, hedge, hold, hold at bay, house, insure, keep safe, look… …

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