Parry

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, from Welsh) .
  2. Verb.  To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack).
  3. Noun.  A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
  4. Noun.  (fencing) A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.

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