Associations to the word «Avert»
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
All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast
of the mind.