Parry

Verb

 * 1) To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack).

Noun

 * 1) A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
 * 2)  A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.

Adverbs for Parry
adroitly; deftly; skillfully; professionally; agilely; lithely; invincibly.

Thesaurus
about the bush, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, around the bush, back and fill, beat about, beat around, beat off, beg the question, bicker, block, boggle, cavil, check, choplogic, confound, confute, contradict, controvert, counter, crush, defeat, demolish, deny, dismiss, dispose of, dodge, drive back, duck, equivocate, evade, evade the issue, fence, fend, fend off, finish, floor, hedge, hem and haw, hinder, hold at bay, hold off, hum and haw, keep at bay, keep off, mince the truth, mince words, mystify, nitpick, nonplus, obscure, obstruct, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, palter, pick nits, prevaricate, pull away, pull back, push back, pussyfoot, put back, put off, put to silence, quibble, rebuff, rebut, recoil, reduce to silence, refute, repel, repulse, settle, sheer off, shift, shift off, shrink, shuffle, shut up, shy, shy away, shy off, sidestep, silence, smash all opposition, split hairs, squash, squelch, stave off, step aside, stop, subvert, swerve, tergiversate, turn aside, undermine, upset, waffle, ward off, weasel

Etymology
Probably representing French parez, imperative of parer ‘prepare’.

Verb

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Noun

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Derived terms

 * beat parry
 * opposition parry
 * yielding parry