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Meanings of avert in English

Portuguese
obviar
Spanish
obviar

Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.

      obviar
      Portuguese
      desviar
      Spanish
      apartar

      Turn away or aside.

            desviar
            Usage of avert in English
            1
            He started following simple but smart methods to avert a future disaster.
            Reuters
            2
            Talks to avert threatened industrial action by 300 level-crossing gate-keepers begin today.
            The Irish Times
            3
            Always uppermost in leaders' minds is the need to avert public disorder.
            Reuters
            4
            But Israel must avert international criticism of its policies toward the Palestinians.
            Reuters
            5
            Mexico sent a delegation to Washington to try to avert Trump's threat.
            Reuters
            6
            Luckily for South Africans, Eskom was able to avert a potential disaster.
            The South African
            7
            Both are going to be required to avert a famine, he said.
            Reuters
            8
            The big question now is whether he can avert an international bailout.
            The Irish Times
            9
            The province needs a consistently rainy winter season to avert day zero.
            The South African
            10
            In the meantime, Marshal Tallard was striving bravely to avert the defeat.
            The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
            11
            In Connaught, Lord Clanrickarde was still enabled to avert a general outbreak.
            A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the E...
            12
            Some nations have banned exports in an attempt to avert domestic shortages.
            Reuters
            13
            The continued presence of U.S. troops in northeast Syria might avert this.
            Reuters
            14
            King expected the ECB to do what was necessary to avert deflation.
            Reuters
            15
            To avert the doom, he spent eight days in prayer and fasting.
            The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1
            16
            Pierre can but wait, powerless to avert or modify any impending crisis.
            Oswald Langdon / or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1...
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