Related Words for averting

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deflect
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Verb, Verb
obviate
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Verb, Verb, Noun, Adjective
avoid
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Adjective, Verb
debar
x/
Verb, Verb, Noun
fend off
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
head off
//
Phrase, Verb
stave off
//
Phrase, Verb
turn away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
ward off
//
Phrase, Verb
avoidance
x/x
Noun
preventing
x/x
Verb
evading
x/x
Verb
mitigating
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Adjective
deterring
x/x
Verb
evasion
x/x
Noun
diverting
x/x
Verb
prevention
x/x
Noun
evasive
x/x
Adjective
avoidant
x/x
Adjective
dodging
/x
Verb
thwarting
/x
Noun
blocking
/x
Verb
eluding
x/x
Verb
forestalling
x/x
Verb
precluding
x/x
Verb
circumventing
xx/x
Verb
eschewing
x/x
Verb
occluding
x/x
Adjective
counteracting
xx/x
Verb
attenuating
x/xxx
Noun
shielding
/x
Noun
preventative
x/xx
Adjective
stopping
/x
Verb
alleviating
x/xxx
Verb
sidestepping
/xx
Verb
keep from
//
Phrase, Verb
scare off
//
Phrase, Verb
diversion
x/x
Noun
obscuring
x/x
Verb
preemptive
x/x
Adjective
halting
/x
Noun
repelling
x/x
Verb
concealing
x/x
Verb
bypassing
/xx
Verb
masking
/x
Noun
averse
x/
Adjective
disabling
x/xx
Noun
retreating
x/x
Verb
delaying
x/x
Verb
saving
/x
Noun, Verb
postponing
x/x
Verb
negating
x/x
Verb
distancing
/xx
Noun
block out
//
Phrase, Verb
aversion
x/x
Noun
refraining
x/x
Verb
deterrence
x/x
Noun
minimising
/xxx
Verb
wrath
/
Noun
evil
/x
Noun, Adjective
eyes
/
Noun
war
/
Noun
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
calamity
x/xx
Noun
attaining
x/x
Verb
gaze
/
Noun
narrowly
/xx
Adverb
diminishing
x/xx
Verb
bloodshed
/x
Noun
disaster
x/x
Noun
apocalypse
x/xx
Noun
curing
/x
Verb
fatality
x/xx
Noun
harms
/
Noun
minimizing
/xxx
Verb
resolving
x/x
Verb
famine
/x
Noun
anticipating
x/xxx
Verb
succeeded
x/x
Verb
crisis
/x
Noun
aimed
/
Verb
blushed
/
Verb
thereby
//
Adverb
credited
/xx
Verb
peril
/x
Noun
births
/
Noun
overcoming
/xxx
Verb
securing
x/x
Verb
doom
/
Noun
starvation
x/x
Noun
mumbled
/x
Verb
clash
/
Noun
anarchy
/xx
Noun
holocaust
/xx
Name
preserving
x/x
Verb
dangers
/x
Noun
displeasure
x/x
Noun
collision
x/x
Noun
hostilities
x/xx
Noun
threats
/
Noun
bankruptcy
/xx
Noun
collapse
x/
Noun
tragedy
/xx
Noun
murmured
/x
Verb
hope
/
Noun
stare
/
Noun
relapse
x/
Noun
confrontation
xx/x
Noun
misfortune
x/x
Noun
mischief
/x
Noun
menace
/x
Noun
strike
/
Noun
plague
/
Noun
aid
/
Verb
promoting
x/x
Verb
ruin
/x
Noun
extinction
x/x
Noun
horrors
/x
Noun
strife
/
Noun
achieving
x/x
Verb
winning
/x
Verb
means
/
Noun
nodded
/x
Verb
shrugged
/
Verb
muttered
/x
Verb
outbreak
/x
Noun
inconsistency
xx/xx
Noun
protect
x/
Verb
defeat
x/
Noun
reducing
x/x
Verb
face
/
Noun
recession
x/x
Noun
maintaining
x/x
Verb
conflict
/x
Noun
glance
/
Noun
accidents
/xx
Noun
ablution
//x
Noun
absolute
/xx
Adjective, Noun
absorbing
x/x
Adjective
abuser
x/x
Noun
acre
/x
Noun
adjutant
/xx
Noun, Adjective
administration
xxx/x
Noun
adultery
x/xx
Noun
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
angers
/x
Noun
anyone
/xx
Noun
billions
/x
Noun
changing
/x
Noun
defusing
x/x
Noun
entrepreneurial
xxx/xx
Adjective
explorative
x/xx
Adjective
feint
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
girlfriends
/x
Adjective
halfpenny
/xx
Noun, Adjective
innovative
/xxx
Adjective
investment
x/x
Noun
lick
/
Verb, Noun
maximizing
/xxx
Adjective
monitoring
/xxx
Noun
participative
x/xxx
Adjective
proactive
//x
Adjective
raid
/
Noun, Verb
search
/
Noun, Verb
seeking
/x
Noun, Adjective
solving
/x
Noun
sortie
/x
Noun, Verb
taking
/x
Adjective, Noun
tardiness
/xx
Noun