have averted
- present perfect of avert.
Example Sentences
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Adams said that the reservoir, had it been used, would have extended the time before pressure dropped but would not have averted the inevitable, given the extreme demand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025
Conversely, history is riddled with examples of occasions when a well-managed bureaucracy might have averted considerable calamity.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2024
The researchers found that offshore turbines could have averted the 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan by keeping the cooling systems running and avoiding meltdown.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
Assistant coroner Sean Cummings said an assessment that "may have averted the tragedy" had not taken place.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2023
Had Newt Spooner timed his demonstration for forty-five minutes earlier, his coming would have set such a large storm thundering that no peace-maker could have averted battle.
From The Code of the Mountains by Buck, Charles Neville
