Associations to the word «Averting»
Noun
- Calamity
- Catastrophe
- Gaze
- Bloodshed
- Disaster
- Omen
- Peril
- Misfortune
- Danger
- Crise
- Doom
- Tragedy
- Wrath
- Famine
- Evil
- Crisis
- Displeasure
- Collision
- Eye
- Suspicion
- Fate
- Starvation
- Confrontation
- Dread
- Looming
- Glance
- Compromise
- Diplomacy
- Embarrassment
- Hostility
- Ingenuity
- Mischief
- Countenance
- Face
- Amulet
- Takeover
- Collapse
- Bankruptcy
- Intervention
- Sacrifice
- Destruction
- Rupture
- Threat
- Repentance
- Niall
- Coup
- Plague
- Concession
- Camilla
- Apocalypse
- Endeavour
- Consequence
- Fasting
- Vaccination
- Childbirth
- Spat
- Insurrection
- Precaution
- Epidemic
- Continuance
- Garion
Adjective
Wiktionary
AVERT, verb. (transitive) To turn aside or away.
AVERT, verb. (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
AVERT, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To turn away.
AVERT, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To turn away.
Dictionary definition
AVERT, verb. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike".
AVERT, verb. Turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.