avert
- to turn away or aside: to avert one's eyes.
- to ward off; prevent: to avert evil; to avert an accident.
Origin of avert
Related Words for avert
halt, prevent, forestall, avoid, deter, foil, preclude, turn, divert, deflect, frustrate, shuntExamples from the Web for avert
Contemporary Examples of avert
President Obama said Libya had to be attacked to avert a genocide in Benghazi.
Sometimes, even before shots are fired, Interrupters can predict and avert crisis, according to Slutkin.
Using Strategies Reserved for Disease Outbreak, Activists Try to “Cure” Urban ViolenceSarah Kunst
April 11, 2014
And they believe in tougher sanctions precisely because they want to avert war.
But over the next two months, watch them avoid making tough debt choices to avert another shutdown, says Peter Beinart.
First, will Ted Cruz and/or Mike Lee let the deal move through the Senate quickly enough to avert default?
Historical Examples of avert
If they tremble down the fine-skinned cheek, let us avert our gaze.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
I did all that in honor could be done to avert the war, but without avail.
Help by Thine outstretched arm, and avert our sorrow from us.
Camps, Quarters and Casual PlacesArchibald Forbes
She did not avert her gaze immediately, nor did he avert his.
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
The most it can do for us is to persuade us to avert our gaze and fix it on other objects.
ReflectionsFrancois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
avert
- to turn away or asideto avert one's gaze
- to ward off; prevent from occurringto avert danger