beat off's Usage Examples:

The city, held by Jacobite forces was able to beat off a Williamite assault in 1690.

the site of the Battle of the Herrings in 1429, when Sir John Fastolf beat off an attack on an English convoy taking supplies to the siege of Orléans;.

forces issued shotguns to the Muslim villagers but these were inadequate to beat off LTTE attacks.

Luxembourg had been in the thick of the action and been forced to beat off an attack, directed at his person.

he collected his battalion headquarters, led them to the attack, and beat off the advancing enemy.

Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, managed to repel the sieges and beat off all of Sultan Agung's attacks.

May 1942 Completed as UJ-6084 Antilope C 19 OTO, Livorno 9 May 1942 She beat off the attack of three British MTBs (MTB-77, MTB-82 and MTB-61) off Marettimo.

assisted in the offensives that gradually encircled Budapest, helping to beat off several German attempts to break through to rescue the garrison trapped.

East Coast) Squadron held out for twenty-eight hours until relieved, and beat off several attempts to break through their lines.

During the initial stages of the battle, the 18th Division managed to beat off early attempts by the PAVN to capture the town, forcing PAVN commanders.

a pair of savage lions which the herdsmen and their dogs are trying to beat off (573–86).

Fili beat off competition from another Soviet-era power, Zelenograd, for the final RPRL.

Synonyms:

spreadeagle; eliminate; outflank; cream; chicane; outperform; subdue; mate; outmatch; surmount; outfox; get the better of; get the jump; best; trump; immobilise; exceed; rout; defeat; outscore; win; drub; clobber; mop up; get the best; have the best; overwhelm; shaft; outstrip; get over; outdo; trounce; thrash; pip; master; jockey; shell; overcome; scoop; lick; overmaster; spread-eagle; surpass; whip; screw; walk over; rack up; chouse; overpower; vanquish; overreach; outsmart; outwit; immobilize; checkmate; outpoint; whomp; circumvent; beat out; outfight; worst; outplay; bat; outgo; cheat; crush;

Antonyms:

lose; arrive; unlash; untie; unstrap;