To avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert a disaster either way, you are avoiding something.
To turn aside, or away;
Verb
turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"
Verb
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let''s avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
n.
To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an
object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how
can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire."
v. i.
To turn away.
Avert
When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church.
Till ardent prayer averts the public woe.
Avert
Cold and averting from our neighbor's good.
To turn aside, or away;
To turn away.
Usage Examples
By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.
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Other Usage ExamplesI did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science.
We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction.
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