verb
avert
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
In a sentence
Six example sentences with avert, each labelled with its topic.
Vaccinating the whole village averted an outbreak that could have closed every school in the district for months.
Medicine
A last minute credit line averted the bankruptcy filing, and the chain never closed a single store.
Finance
A timeout with nine seconds left averted the collapse, and the lead held through two final free throws.
Basketball
Firebreaks cut in June averted the blaze's spread into town, and the crews credited months of boring preparation.
Environment
A late compromise averted the shutdown, and the two leaders announced it together at midnight on the Capitol steps.
Politics
A backup made an hour earlier averted disaster when the update wiped every setting on the server.
Technology
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Found in 4 published word lists
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Magoosh GRE 1000Recognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
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