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Definition

verb. preventing something bad from happening.

Example Sentence

She chose a different path thus averting the one where she saw the snake.

More Example Sentences

She is averting a crisis at school.

Synonyms

preventing; avoiding; stopping

Antonyms

turn towards; help; aid

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Rhymes

  • flirting
  • herting
  • hurting
  • skirting
  • spurting
  • squirting

  • alerting
  • asserting
  • averting
  • converting
  • diverting
  • exerting
  • inserting
  • perverting
  • reverting
  • subverting

  • disconcerting
  • reasserting
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