Definition of "parried" [parried]

• Simple past tense and past participle of parry. (verb)

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• "John McCain parried away a question Wednesday about his supposedly hot-headed demeanor by talking up his long bipartisan record in the United States Senate."
• "When a couple of soldiers let arrows loose at the retreating visitors, the magically augmented sword parried them with ease."
• "His sword parried the stroke of one guard member, while he caught the weapon of the other and pulled it hard, yanking the soldier off-balance."