'AVERT' definitions:
Definition of 'avert'
(from WordNet)
verb
Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off]
verb
Turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered" [syn: avert, turn away]
Synonyms of 'avert'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- anticipate,
- balk,
- bar,
- bear off,
- check,
- debar,
- deflect,
- deter,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- divert,
- draw aside,
- ease off,
- edge off,
- estop,
- exclude,
- face about,
- fend,
- fend off,
- fly off,
- foil,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- frustrate,
- gee,
- glance,
- glance off,
- go off,
- halt,
- haw,
- head off,
- help,
- jib,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- make way for,
- move aside,
- obviate,
- pivot,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- remove,
- repel,
- right-about-face,
- rule out,
- save,
- sheer,
- sheer off,
- shove aside,
- shunt,
- shy,
- shy off,
- side,
- sidestep,
- sidetrack,
- sidle,
- stave off,
- stay,
- steer clear of,
- step aside,
- stop,
- switch,
- thwart,
- transfer,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn back,
- veer,
- veer off,
- volte-face,
- ward,
- ward off,
- wheel,
- whip,
- whirl
Acronyms for 'avert'
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