Disaster was narrowly averted when two airliners almost collided above Detroit.
He managed to avert the closure of the factory.
They quickly averted their faces to hide their giggles.
He looked up, and she quickly averted her gaze.
• '___ your eyes!'
• Avoid
• Circumvent
• Circumvent travel no end
• Deflect
• Deter
• Direct elsewhere
• Dodge
• Dodge successfully
• Duck
• Fend off
• Foil
• Forestall
• Forfend
• Head off, as disaster
• Keep from happening
• Manage to avoid
• Nip in the bud
• Not let happen
• Obviate
• Parry
• Prevent
• Prevent a disaster
• Prevent from happening
• Prevent, as a disaster
• Prevent, as danger
• Redirect, as one's eyes
• Shield from
• Sidestep
• Stave off
• Stave off, as a disaster
• Stop from happening
• Thwart
• To turn away
• Turn aside
• Turn aside, as a gaze
• Turn away
• Turn away from
• Turn away or aside
• Turn away^AVER
• Turn away, as a crisis
• Turn away, as one's eyes
• Turn away, as one's gaze
• Ward off
to avert one's gaze - отвести глаза
to avert war [danger, illness, a catastrophe, an accident, a tragic end] - предотвратить войну [опасность, болезнь, катастрофу, несчастный случай, трагический конец]
to avert suspicion - отвести подозрение
He argued that the way to avert an economic crisis is for individuals to follow their usual spending habits.
avert industrial action/a strike »By law, the president may appoint a board to avert a strike that could result in widespread interruption of U.S. rail service.
1. 1) отводить (глаза, взгляд, руку)
to ~ one's gaze - отвести глаза
2) отвлекать (мысли)
2. предотвращать, отражать (особ. что-л. неприятное)
to ~ war {danger, illness, a catastrophe, an accident, a tragic end} - предотвратить войну {опасность, болезнь, катастрофу, несчастный случай, трагический конец}
to ~ suspicion - отвести подозрение
he averted his face он отверну́лся
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запобігти (небезпеці), відвернути (небезпеку)
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to avert stall — запобігти звалюванню
to avert avert — запобігти небезпеці, відвернути небезпеку
відвертати, попереджувати (напад, удар); відводити (підозру)
- avert a conflict- avert an accident- avert danger- avert aggression- avert disturbances