Verb: avert u'vurt
- Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
"They managed to avert the crisis through quick action";
- forefend [archaic], forfend [archaic], obviate, deflect, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
- Turn away or aside
"They averted their eyes when the King entered";
- turn away
Derived forms: averted, averting, averts
Type of: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, turn
Encyclopedia: Avert