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