avert
verb (used with object)
to turn away or aside.
is averting
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present progressiveof avert (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Who can tell, at any moment, what calamities the intercession of the Church is averting from the world or from the nation?
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by G. A. Chadwick
