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What does averting mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of avert
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I'd expect to be averting my eyes from a commercial that had children playing adults in a role-reversal scenario.
The stakes are high, and the rewards of successfully averting the coming catastrophe are even greater.
She swallowed, carefully averting her eyes as she forked a small amount of the spaghetti onto her plate, taking her time as she did so.
The crowd of people gathered in the area cheered, and the incident ended in averting the man's death wish.
The Foreign Ministry explained the move as a protective measure aimed at averting any failure of the privatisation procedure.
The strong citric smell of lemon lingered from his drink, averting him from the worries even for just a little while.

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