as in prevented
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
her careful planning averted disaster
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Recent Examples of averted
Duane averted his eyes to avoid a direct challenging stare that might motivate the sow.
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Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
In April 2011, leaders of both parties came to an agreement following weeks of difficult negotiations and ultimately averted a government shutdown, as recapped by President Barack Obama.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Sealing the deal averted a potential Azeri invasion to secure unfettered access after Azerbaijan’s forces inflicted heavy defeats on Armenia’s army in 2020 and 2023 and pushed 120,000 Armenians out of Nagorno-Karabakh.
—Michele Crestani, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Sure, Disney averted a more explosive showdown.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
When Congress averted a shutdown in March, Schumer and nine other Democrats voted with Republicans to extend funding until the end of the fiscal year.
—Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
America would have averted a constitutional crisis and a financial disaster.
—Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
What's much harder to measure is the number of shootings that have been averted.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Monday’s announcement means that risk could now be averted.
—Ryan Browne,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
In April 2011, leaders of both parties came to an agreement following weeks of difficult negotiations and ultimately averted a government shutdown, as recapped by President Barack Obama.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Sealing the deal averted a potential Azeri invasion to secure unfettered access after Azerbaijan’s forces inflicted heavy defeats on Armenia’s army in 2020 and 2023 and pushed 120,000 Armenians out of Nagorno-Karabakh.
—Michele Crestani, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Sure, Disney averted a more explosive showdown.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
When Congress averted a shutdown in March, Schumer and nine other Democrats voted with Republicans to extend funding until the end of the fiscal year.
—Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
America would have averted a constitutional crisis and a financial disaster.
—Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
What's much harder to measure is the number of shootings that have been averted.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Monday’s announcement means that risk could now be averted.
—Ryan Browne,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for averted
prevented
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Decades of underfunding and under-research mean women are still diagnosed late, treated inadequately, and left to manage conditions that could have been prevented or better addressed.—
Maria Shriver,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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In the time since, Customs and Border Protection has prevented nearly 10,500 shipments valued at nearly $1 billion from entering the United States because of products or components that could have originated in Xinjiang.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Averted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/averted. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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