obviate vs forefend

obviate and forefend both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
obviate	No	No	Yes	No
forefend	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, obviate and forefend are synonyms defined as:

obviate and forefend: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

Other synonyms of obviate include avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forfend, head off, stave off, ward off.

obviate (verb)	forefend (verb)
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off	prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
get rid of something