All avert synonyms
a·vert
A a verb avert
- rule out — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- forestall — to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
- foil — to cover or back with foil.
- preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- turn — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- divert — to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
- deflect — If you deflect something that is moving, you make it go in a slightly different direction, for example by hitting or blocking it.
- frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- shunt — to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
- stave off — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- turn away — move further from sth, sb
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- forfend — to defend, secure, or protect.
- obviate — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
- veer — to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.