verb [VN] (written)
1 to prevent sth bad or dangerous from happening:
A disaster was narrowly averted. * He did his best to avert suspicion. * Talks are taking place in an attempt to avert a strike.
2 ~ your eyes, gaze, face (from sth) to turn your eyes, etc. away from sth that you do not want to see:
She averted her eyes from the terrible scene in front of her.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for avert is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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