fence

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of FENCE

to drive danger or attack away from <had worked as a bodyguard, fencing a number of pop stars at big events>

Synonyms bulwark, cover, fence, fend, forfend, guard, keep, protect, safeguard, screen, secure, shield, ward

Related Words avert, prevent; oppose, resist, withstand; battle, contend, fight, war; conserve, preserve, save; buffer, palisade, picket, wall

Near Antonyms bombard, storm; beset, besiege, overrun; capitulate, cave, submit, yield

Antonyms assail, assault, attack

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