avert
(verb)
verb
1. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
- avert a strike
Similar word(s): avoid, debar, deflect, forefend, forfend, obviate
Definition categories: social, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
2. turn away or aside
- They averted their eyes when the King entered
Definition categories: motion, turn
Sentences with avert as a verb:
- To avert the eyes from an object.
- How can the danger be averted?