Meanings of apotropaic in English

The same doctrine that led him to dally with omens, to search for prophetic texts, and to append, in brackets, the apotropaic initials D.V.

It is significant that the apotropaic markings of the Manchester-Crewe railway line were shown to Hutton by a novelist (and mentioned only in an endnote).

Apotropaic: combating hostile magic, charms.