avert
🇺🇸
/əˈvɜːrt/
🇬🇧
/əˈvɜːt/
verb
R
to stop something bad from happening
They worked hard to avert a major accident.
R
to turn your eyes away from something you don't want to see
He tried to avert his gaze from the scary image.
translation
to stop something bad from happening; to turn your eyes away from something you don't want to see
Word Forms
3rd Present
averts
Past
averted
Perfect
averted
Progressive
averting