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Noun
The act or state of averting
Adjective
Used or intended to defend or protect
Verb
Present participle for to avert the occurrence of by taking preventative action
Present participle for to turn aside or away
Present participle for to prevent or protect (something) from being destroyed
Present participle for keep at bay
Present participle for give assurance
Present participle for to exclude or reject as a candidate or possibility
Present participle for to not be able to experience or take advantage of (an opportunity or chance)
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Noun
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The act or state of averting
precluding
prevention
forestallment
forestalling
deterrence
preclusion
determent
avoidance
stopping
annulment
elimination
precaution
anticipation
thwarting
safeguard
obstruction
hindrance
impediment
prophylaxis
bar
stoppage
inhibitor
obviation
prohibition
obstacle
inhibition
restraint
blockage
halt
stop
interception
interruption
deterence
restriction
curb
limitation
check
block
preemption
deterrent
barrier
encumbrance
handicap
trammel
drag
hitch
suppression
interference
clog
crimp
cramp
discouragement
repression
preventive measures
preventive action
disincentive
embargo
drawback
snag
hazard
hampering
preemptive action
hurdle
stumbling block
let
shackles
chain
embarrassment
holdback
fetter
manacle
balk
US
inconvenience
impedance
baulk
UK
millstone
burden
exclusion
disqualification
ball and chain
crackdown
dissuasion
shutdown
squelching
intimidation
deadweight
stamping out
clampdown
weary load
difficulty
brake
setback
delay
complication
protection
hiccup
catch
facer
lock
albatross
sabotage
gridlock
catch-22
cumbrance
hang-up
intervention
baggage
glitch
jam-up
cumber
joker
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
monkey wrench
excess baggage
foot dragging
monkey wrench in the works
preventative
palladium
fail-safe
protective
shield
defence
UK
caution
remedy
security
neutralizer
prophylactic
precautionary measure
preventive measure
preventive
defense
US
protective measure
anticipatory measure
checking
constraint
bridling
curbing
retardation
frustration
holding back
stifling
blocking
shackling
smothering
arrest
baulking
UK
cramping
fettering
halting
quashing
foiling
straitjacket
interdict
hangup
sublimation
balking
US
putting an end to
nipping in the bud
putting an stop to
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Used or intended to defend or protect
defensive
protective
defending
guarding
shielding
opposing
safeguarding
protecting
watchful
screening
self-protective
wary
withstanding
armoured
UK
armored
US
arresting
baulking
UK
balking
US
checking
conservative
foiling
forestalling
fortified
frustrating
interrupting
preservative
preventive
resistive
thwarting
on guard
coping with
in opposition
on the defensive
warding off
precautionary
preventative
preemptive
deterrent
prophylactic
anticipatory
safety
counteractive
covering
precautional
preclusive
blocking
cautionary
disease-preventing
insulating
antibacterial
stabilizing
US
conserving
antifungal
saving
preserving
fireproof
waterproof
proactive
conservatory
toughened
shatterproof
sheltering
heatproof
conservational
emergency
guardian
custodial
stabilising
UK
inhibitory
pre-emptive
obstructive
hindering
hampering
reinforced
impeding
bulletproof
safekeeping
sheltered
supervisory
contraceptive
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to avert the occurrence of by taking preventative action
preventing
avoiding
forestalling
precluding
stopping
frustrating
helping
obviating
deflecting
heading off
staving off
deterring
diverting
foiling
forfending
halting
shunting
turning
veering
warding off
fending off
looking away
nipping in the bud
ruling out
shoving aside
turning from
blocking
hindering
obstructing
thwarting
impeding
checking
arresting
holding back
inhibiting
holding off
restraining
intercepting
baulking
UK
balking
US
curbing
circumventing
hampering
putting a stop to
anticipating
counteracting
countering
prohibiting
defending against
turning aside
restricting
retarding
shutting out
repressing
putting an end to
parrying
pre-empting
warding
opposing
debarring
evading
resisting
stonewalling
bypassing
steering clear of
barring
sidestepping
skirting
interfering with
stalling
keeping at bay
repelling
saving
repulsing
interfering
preempting
desisting
derailing
interrupting
dodging
escaping
stymieing
keeping
getting around
shirking
discouraging
getting out of
limiting
shunning
interdicting
nullifying
withholding
spoiling
trammelling
trammeling
holding up
refraining from
ceasing
discontinuing
rebuffing
forbearing from
delaying
abstaining from
cramping
constraining
chilling
chillin
cooling
desisting from
suppressing
defeating
scaring
disadvising
dissuading
skipping
giving up
second-guessing
fettering
fencing
staying away from
shrinking from
shying from
restraining from
hamstringing
disrupting
overturning
skipping out on
forbidding
keeping from
shackling
breaking the habit of
circumnavigating
leaving off
getting in before
getting ahead of
shaking
encumbering
ruining
turning off
keeping off
stealing a march on
providing against
standing in the way of
renouncing
talking out of
crimping
reining in
axing
slowing down
keeping back
refusing
doing without
withholding from
forgoing
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
beating someone to it
pouring cold water on
beating someone to the draw
scuppering
beating someone to the punch
holding at bay
keeping lid on
forefending
sparing
reprieving
freeing
absolving
detaining
removing
eliminating
exempting
dispensing
commandeering
damming
corking
baffling
staving
beating
putting paid to
discharging
intervening
foreclosing
interposing
scotching
keeping from happening
beating somebody to it
preparing for
picking off
heading off at pass
cutting off
quitting
keeping waiting
getting round
making unnecessary
taking wind out of
crashing
unsettling
juking
outwitting
putting the kibosh on
upsetting
doing for
taking down
ditching
putting the stopper on
wrecking
stumping
cutting out
breaking off
rebuking
eluding
calling a halt to
slowing up
causing to wait
making late
causing to stay
setting back
calling it a day
discountenancing
abandoning
sabotaging
taking away
doing away with
getting rid of
frightening
deprecating
warning
disfavouring
controlling
disfavoring
quieting
putting off
indisposing
shielding yourself from
forecasting
foreseeing
projecting
preoccupying
predicting
monopolizing
US
expecting
envisioning
monopolising
UK
knocking off
bulwarking
defending
guarding
packing in
suspending
laying off
forsaking
relinquishing
passing up
screening
belaying
finishing
getting off
dropping
backing off from
checking out from
packing up
swearing off
giving over
pulling out of
fending
ducking
covering
slowing
bridling
kiboshing
jacking in
calling it quits on
escaping from
surceasing from
breaking up
nipping something in the bud
keeping at arm's length
guarding against
skirting round
safeguarding against
standing up for
protecting against
shielding against
defending oneself against
fighting off
short-circuiting
handcuffing
handicapping
embarrassing
hog-tying
stifling
quashing
manacling
smothering
hobbling
clogging
steering clear
staying away
shaking off
abstaining
withstanding
forbearing
outlawing
tying up
hanging up
putting on brakes
keeping in
throwing a spanner in the works of
putting a brake on
sandbagging
holding in
bitting
putting an stop to
stemming the flow of
holding down
reducing
tabooing
enjoining
fazing
neutralising
UK
counterbalancing
making up for
eschewing
neutralizing
US
negating
kicking
denying yourself
staying
damping
letting
dampening
acting like a wet blanket
more ❯
“A vigilant driver managed to stop the locomotive and
avert
a major disaster.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to turn aside or away
turning
turning aside
turning away
turning to one side
deflecting
redirecting
drawing away
diverting
sidetracking
swinging
wheeling
sheering
swerving
deviating
whipping
shifting
veering
changing
pivoting
whirling
heading off
preventing
warding off
repelling
distracting
abstracting
calling off
throwing off
detracting
diverging
skewing
weaving
twisting
bending
curving
careering
tacking
changing direction
detouring
curling
swiveling
US
divagating
swivelling
UK
inclining
changing course
zigzagging
angling off
branching off
making a right
dipping
departing
bearing
digressing
going around
skidding
going off course
getting around
turning off
drifting
making a left
training off
rerouteing
rerouting
switching
channeling
US
channelling
UK
transferring
altering
modifying
channeling away
changing the course of
straying
wandering
meandering
slewing
moving away
parting
shying
bearing off
turning from
getting sidetracked
taking a turn
leaving beaten path
differing
winding
rambling
maundering
excursing
varying
ricocheting
ricochetting
straggling
roaming
aberrating
abandoning
deserting
reversing
refracting
slipping
hooking
dispersing
converting
sideslipping
moving
sluing
erring
lurching
wavering
slueing
sidestepping
shunting
rearranging
altering course
removing
swinging over
departing from
veering off
turning sharply
wandering away
changing around
changing over
getting off course
sheering off
chopping and changing
stopping
intervening
intercepting
leading astray
unbalancing
leading away
causing to lose concentration
misleading
putting off
calling away
interfering with
cutting off
blocking off
turning back
more ❯
“They don't make for pretty reading and some of you may wish to
avert
your eyes now.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent or protect (something) from being destroyed
saving
defending
preventing
protecting
guarding
halting
safeguarding
salvaging
salvageing
arresting
reclaiming
retaining
retrieving
stopping
fortifying
garrisoning
preserving
rescuing
sheltering
shielding
barricading
bulwarking
foiling
intercepting
thwarting
upholding
forfending
securing
stonewalling
fighting for
keeping from harm
keeping safe
screening
keeping
harbouring
UK
covering
fending
supporting
warding
fencing
harboring
US
watching over
hedging
housing
caring for
fostering
looking after
conserving
watching
sticking up for
giving sanctuary
fighting
nourishing
warring
warding off
panoplying
contending
staving off
battling
espousing
fending off
withstanding
mining
entrenching
cherishing
taking in
holding at bay
repelling danger
resisting
holding
insuring
taking up cudgels for
beating off
opposing
guarding against
providing sanctuary
limiting
blocking
obstructing
restraining
minding
chaperoning
cushioning
insulating
tending
inoculating
sentineling
sentinelling
shotgunning
championing
shading
assuring
escorting
immunizing
US
standing guard on
immunising
UK
covering up for
mounting guard on
affording protection to
standing up for
giving refuge
covering up
taking care of
standing guard
covering all bases
saving from harm
riding shotgun
taking under wing
taking someone under your wing
going to bat for
maintaining
policing
ensuring
standing guard over
occupying
patrolling
overseeing
manning
cocooning
attending
overlooking
conducting
presiding over
attending to
making invulnerable
keeping an eye on
prohibiting
justifying
sustaining
nannying
mothering
isolating
cloistering
strengthening
picketing
guiding
ruling
supplying with troops
making safe
being responsible for
having charge of
keeping guard on
making immune
ministering to
persevering with
keeping a lookout over
taking out insurance
taking out insurance cover
making sound
making impregnable
guaranteeing
accompanying
keeping in good condition
indemnifying
warranting
underwriting
keeping intact
keeping in repair
cinching
icing
guarantying
managing
supervising
running
administrating
handling
companying
seeing
companioning
shepherding
squiring
controlling
operating
superintending
governing
flanking
ushering
piloting
registering
stewarding
regulating
directing
bringing
bearing
convoying
consorting
tilling
seeing to
keeping tabs on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for keep at bay
fending off
avoiding
deflecting
deterring
discouraging
fighting off
holding off
keeping away
rebuffing
rebutting
rejecting
repelling
repulsing
resisting
spurning
warding off
keeping at bay
beating off
driving back
holding at bay
keeping at a distance
keeping at arm's length
keeping off
parrying
rebuking
refusing
snubbing
staving off
turning aside
Verb
▲
Present participle for give assurance
vouching
affirming
certifying
declaring
asserting
guaranteeing
avowing
confirming
testifying
verifying
maintaining
warranting
asseverating
professing
corroborating
vowing
witnessing
contending
supporting
assuring
substantiating
proving
upholding
predicating
okaying
backing
sponsoring
cosigning
attesting to
rubber-stamping
answering for
swearing to
saying so
being responsible for
acting as a witness
bearing testimony
getting behind
giving an affidavit
putting forth
signing for
standing up for
swearing up and down
Verb
▲
Present participle for to exclude or reject as a candidate or possibility
ruling out
excluding
discarding
discounting
dismissing
eliminating
barring
debarring
excepting
abolishing
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
forbidding
forestalling
forfending
obviating
precluding
preventing
prohibiting
proscribing
recanting
rejecting
revoking
suspending
banning
bating
deterring
counting out
leaving out
closing out
freezing out
warding off
not considering
shutting out
staving off
forgetting about
putting paid to
closing one's doors to
Verb
▲
Present participle for to not be able to experience or take advantage of (an opportunity or chance)
missing
forfeiting
foregoing
overlooking
blowing
losing
neglecting
skipping
disregarding
ignoring
mislaying
misplacing
blundering
botching
flubbing
miscarrying
muffing
slighting
letting pass
letting go of
passing up
failing at
failing to grasp
failing to seize
failing to take
leaving out
letting slip
losing out on
tripping up
passing on
dropping the ball
failing to take advantage of
failing to spot
falling short of
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