Avert - Definition
avert
v 1: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's
avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert
a strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate,
deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off,
avoid, ward off]
2: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King
entered" [syn: avert, turn away]