to avert
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5.0
- verb
- /əˈvɜrt/
:
evitar
- We will attempt to avert panic.
- deaths averted
- avert a disaster
- avert a catastrophe
So, you know, crisis averted on Seneca's part.
- So, you know, crisis averted on Seneca's part.
- And so we tend to make decisions that are designed to avert loss.
- So a disaster was averted, and then we had a nice rebound.
- But there was a way to get this right that averted mass death and also averted lockdowns.
- So we've had an election and we have a sense now disaster has been averted.
- You guys know, you know, it's so annoying, but disaster was averted today.
- Like I'm sitting next to Marcus, who, you know, I I'm feeling like we just averted this sort of crisis.
- Like could it have been averted or is this the natural progression of of governments?
- In my opinion, the best case scenario is inflation plummets and the Fed cuts rates quickly so we can avert a very dangerous recession.
- We know if we do that then conflicts can be averted, trains can keep running on time and that is what keeps things from escalating.
- That's the only way we will avert the disaster scenarios, even as we must already adapt to those impacts we can no longer avoid.
- But it still didn't avert no, because the moment he was killed.
- So trying to avert that earlier to make sure that that hadn't have happened.
Examples
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Jeff and I tried so hard to avert a story of death.
Fiction book (2001) -
We've got this one chance to do the right thing and to avert a catastrophic civil war.
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And so we tend to make decisions that are designed to avert loss.
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Certainly in the short term, he has managed to avert a missile strike.
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Is there anything that could happen to avert and perhaps even reverse this decline?
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There's one last chance to avert war.
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With luck, she could keep tabs on the rest of the pack and avert further trouble.
Fiction book (1998) -
Yes, a minor crisis has been averted.
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PRIME MINISTER: Premier, I believe the present danger can be averted if we act swiftly.
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The scientists worked hard to avert an outbreak of the disease in the community.
Synonyms
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1.0
To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening
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3.3
To protect people or things from harm
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4.4
To keep harmful or unpleasant things away from you
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3.9
Keep unwanted people or things away so they do not harm you
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6.4
To stop something bad from happening for a while
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4.8
Stop something from happening by acting early
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4.2
Make someone or something move back and stay away, often by using force
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7.1
Act early to stop a problem from happening
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9.1
Prevent a problem or need by acting before it happens
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3.8
To protect a person or thing from harm
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9.9
To stop danger or harm from happening
To stop something bad from happening
Antonyms
How Preventive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Avert comes from old parts meaning 'away' (ab-) and 'to turn' (vert), the same root you see in convert. So to avert danger is to 'turn it away' or stop it before it happens.