avert

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verb

1. prevent the occurrence of;
prevent from happening (Freq. 5)
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
• Syn:
debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect,
head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
• Derivationally related forms:
avoidable (for: avoid), avertible, avertable, obviation (for: obviate)
• Hypernyms:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. turn away or aside (Freq. 1)
- They averted their eyes when the King entered
• Syn:
turn away
• Derivationally related forms:
aversion
• Hypernyms:
turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something