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Noun averting has 2 senses
- averting - the act of preventing something from occurring; "averting danger was his responsibility"
--1 is a kind of prevention, bar
- aversion, averting - the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"
--2 is a kind of avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging
Verb avert has 2 senses
- debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off - prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
--1 is one way to prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- avert, turn away - turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"
--2 is one way to turn
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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