avert
verb (used with object)
to turn away or aside.
had averted
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past perfectof avert.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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On Tuesday, after months of negotiations, Bass stood at City Hall with union leaders and announced that her administration had averted every layoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
The European Commission beefed up the code last year, requiring companies to submit regular progress reports with data on how much advertising revenue they had averted from disinformation actors.
From Reuters ● May 25, 2023
It said the High Court ruling had "averted a ticking time bomb".
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2023
On Wednesday, Dar said that as finance minister he had averted a possible economic crisis after 1998, when the international community imposed sanctions on Pakistan for conducting nuclear weapons tests.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
I could go home knowing that I had averted trouble for the second time.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
