• Deflects
• Dodges
• Fends off
• Forestalls
• Forfends
• Heads off at the pass
• Keeps from happening
• Keeps from occurring
• Moves away, as one's eyes
• Parries
• Precludes
• Prevents
• Shields
• Sidesteps
• Staves off
• Thwarts
• Turns aside
• Turns away
• Turns away from
• Turns away, as the eyes
• Wards off