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To avert the occurrence of by taking preventative action
To turn aside or away
To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
To impede the work or progress of
To protect or shield from harm or danger
To prevent oneself from
To escape or keep away from
To not be able to experience or take advantage of (an opportunity or chance)
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Verb
▲
To avert the occurrence of by taking preventative action
prevents
forestalls
stops
precludes
obviates
foils
avoids
deters
deflects
halts
frustrates
helps
forfends
diverts
shunts
staves off
wards off
heads off
fends off
nips in the bud
rules out
shoves aside
blocks
obstructs
hinders
thwarts
impedes
holds back
inhibits
checks
holds off
arrests
intercepts
defends against
restrains
curbs
turns aside
baulks
UK
balks
US
circumvents
counters
puts a stop to
shuts out
prohibits
counteracts
restricts
retards
represses
repels
stonewalls
hampers
bars
keeps at bay
parries
anticipates
derails
opposes
puts an end to
stalls
spoils
repulses
saves
delays
debars
eliminates
preempts
interrupts
stymies
pre-empts
defeats
evades
circumnavigates
nullifies
crimps
sidesteps
skirts
steers clear of
interferes with
trammels
holds at bay
scuppers
rebuffs
resists
excepts
keeps
excludes
interdicts
bypasses
hamstrings
disrupts
overturns
discourages
withholds
keeps from happening
keeps off
limits
ruins
puts paid to
keeps lid on
turns off
stands in the way of
gets in before
second-guesses
keeps back
holds up
puts off
provides against
gets ahead of
beats someone to the draw
beats someone to the punch
steals a march on
beats someone to it
forefends
frees
spares
reprieves
desists
ceases
discontinues
absolves
dispenses
exempts
cramps
discharges
commandeers
staves
gets out of
escapes
beats
heads off at pass
cuts off
prepares for
picks off
acts in advance of
scotches
draws away
rebuts
detains
constrains
removes
forecloses
suppresses
takes down
does for
puts the stopper on
wrecks
puts the kibosh on
stumps
outwits
jukes
ditches
upsets
takes wind out of
crashes
unsettles
fences
interferes
fetters
controls
sabotages
encumbers
keeps waiting
shackles
shakes
indisposes
quiets
keeps away
keeps at arm's length
drives back
fights off
beats off
keeps at a distance
factors out
makes it impossible for
makes impossible
prevents the occurrence of
sets back
slows down
makes late
causes to stay
slows up
causes to wait
throws cold water on
puts a damper on
pours cold water on
gets round
makes unnecessary
gets rid of
does away with
takes away
stays
dismisses
discounts
discards
damps
lets
chills
dampens
cools
suspends
rejects
abolishes
forbids
revokes
proscribes
disallows
recants
cancels
bates
bans
freezes out
leaves out
closes one's doors to
forgets about
counts out
closes out
not considers
baffles
dashes
snookers
hobbles
checkmates
discomfits
disappoints
crabs
fouls up
handicaps
louses up
puts the mockers on
upsets the applecart
cripples
bilks
crosses
neutralizes
US
nobbles
neutralises
UK
stifles
smashes
negates
bridles
snafus
embarrasses
borks
cumbers
hangs up
puts a spoke in someone's wheel
hog-ties
short-circuits
ties up
gets in the way of
gets in the way
slows
quashes
roots
handcuffs
manacles
bucks
annuls
offsets
clogs
contravenes
obscures
puts a brake on
gives the slip
cramps one's style
screws up
plays off
cooks someone's goose
throws a spanner in the works
throws a monkey wrench in the works of
fends
disconcerts
shelves
curtails
finishes
bottlenecks
muzzles
burdens
withstands
throws a curve
stands off
peters out
chokes
invalidates
scuttles
strangulates
throws monkey wrench in
squashes
confounds
takes out of play
puts the brakes on
shuts off
makes an end of
brings to a close
rattles
undoes
boxes in
throws a spoke in the wheel of
buries
counterplots
blanks
acts against
brings an end to
works against
confines
confuses
ties
gets the better of
disqualifies
straitens
puts end to
messes up
beats down
takes wind out of sails
causes setback
catches
traverses
nets
ensnares
captures
enmeshes
snags
estops
tethers
shipwrecks
stultifies
quits
wards
makes it impracticable for
makes impracticable
hems in
dodges
vetoes
outlaws
takes the wind out of your sails
embargoes
ducks
eludes
shuns
taboos
shirks
criminalizes
US
freezes
sandbags
censors
throttles
criminalises
UK
screens
complicates
fields
makes illegal
gives the red light to
gives the thumbs down to
declares taboo
puts the chill on
says no
shuts down
declares illegal
weighs down
answers evasively
fences off
fights shy of
monkeys with
crushes
overcomes
banjaxes
licks
puts the lid on
gives the run around
dashes one's hope
more ❯
“A vigilant driver managed to stop the locomotive and
avert
a major disaster.”
Verb
▲
To turn aside or away
turns
swings
wheels
deflects
redirects
diverts
veers
whips
pivots
shifts
swivels
turns aside
changes direction
turns away
turns to one side
turns from
deviates
swerves
sheers
whirls
reroutes
sidetracks
transfers
switches
channels
changes
alters
offleads
modifies
heads off
draws away
channels away
changes the course of
diverges
bends
digresses
curves
detours
departs
twists
divagates
zigzags
weaves
inclines
curls
skews
bears
tacks
careers
dips
turns off
makes a right
gets around
trains off
makes a left
changes course
goes off course
goes around
branches off
angles off
drifts
meanders
strays
yaws
cuts
wanders
winds
breaks
slews
moves
zigs
zags
leans
loops
snakes
tends
trends
heads
hooks
roams
moves away
arches
sways
bows
crooks
runs
alters course
goes
gravitates
verges
slues
gets sidetracked
rambles
parts
arcs
shies
skids
rounds
sweeps
bears off
falls off
leaves beaten path
takes a turn
differs
leads
angles
passes
slips
forks
aberrates
slithers
coils
spirals
maunders
incurvates
refracts
excurses
sheers off
careens
wanders away
stoops
buckles
angles away
reorients
flows
lurches
varies
removes
banks
derogates
turns sharply
disperses
proceeds
slants
makes
extends
straggles
cambers
deserts
abandons
are
lies
is
reverses
warps
contorts
converts
biases
vacillates
biasses
rechannels
backslides
returns
directs
retraces
corners
sets
reverts
focuses
alternates
focusses
recoils
sideslips
sidesteps
shunts
rearranges
undulates
bulges
deforms
tilts
ricochets
jackknifes
points
slides
corkscrews
swells
loads
flexes
wavers
steers
changes over
changes around
gyrates
inflects
incurves
wreathes
concaves
swings over
departs from
veers off
gets off course
screws
convolutes
glides
chops and changes
droops
crimps
turns round
twists and turns
hangs a right
takes a bend
hangs a left
passes around
puts about
coasts
wraps around
skims
goes about
comes about
toboggans
perverts
approaches
spins out
goes into skid
has a tendency
more ❯
“They don't make for pretty reading and some of you may wish to
avert
your eyes now.”
Verb
▲
To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
detracts
distracts
diverts
abstracts
deflects
shifts
calls off
draws away
throws off
heads off
turns away
turns aside
sidetracks
misleads
puts off
leads astray
unbalances
causes to lose concentration
calls away
leads away
“A man may
avert
his attention from something presented to him, not because it is irrelevant to the subject at hand, or insignificant in itself, but because it is disturbing.”
Verb
▲
To impede the work or progress of
inhibits
hinders
impedes
curbs
checks
restrains
hampers
obstructs
restricts
trammels
handicaps
encumbers
blocks
stymies
cramps
thwarts
fetters
retards
prevents
constrains
stifles
suppresses
represses
frustrates
shackles
foils
hobbles
clogs
bridles
bars
handcuffs
smothers
manacles
slows
embarrasses
balks
US
baulks
UK
stalls
prohibits
reduces
interdicts
debars
forbids
outlaws
sandbags
enjoins
fazes
wards
holds back
interferes with
holds up
hog-ties
short-circuits
slows down
ties up
reins in
hangs up
holds in
holds down
puts a brake on
keeps in
throws a spanner in the works
stems the flow of
puts on brakes
Verb
▲
To protect or shield from harm or danger
defends
protects
guards
safeguards
shields
secures
screens
shelters
preserves
covers
bulwarks
forfends
keeps
wards
saves
fends
fences
harbors
US
conserves
harbours
UK
fortifies
prevents
watches
opposes
resists
houses
hedges
upholds
barricades
garrisons
insures
holds
withstands
looks after
keeps safe
watches over
keeps from harm
wards off
cares for
staves off
gives sanctuary
fends off
beats off
guards against
provides sanctuary
repels danger
takes in
holds at bay
tends
minds
supports
insulates
chaperons
inoculates
sentinels
immunizes
US
immunises
UK
escorts
stands guard on
sticks up for
mounts guard on
gives refuge
stands guard
affords protection to
stands up for
covers all bases
saves from harm
rides shotgun
fosters
assures
halts
salvages
reclaims
retrieves
arrests
stops
retains
takes care of
rescues
takes under one's wing
foils
thwarts
intercepts
takes someone under your wing
goes to bat for
stonewalls
fights for
keeps an eye on
sees to
sits with
ministers to
oversees
babysits
supervises
stands guard over
attends to
cushions
maintains
polices
superintends
childminds
is responsible for
are responsible for
tends to
shades
wraps
havens
conceals
nurses
ensures
covers up
nannies
provides protection for
mothers
administers to
takes charge of
sustains
patrols
hides
encloses
surrounds
keeps in check
wraps up in cotton wool
mans
occupies
makes invulnerable
sits
chaperones
cloisters
cherishes
overlooks
roofs
shotguns
guards in transit
chambers
provides safety
cocoons
covers for
champions
rules
guides
perseveres with
has charge of
presides over
gives cover
gives shelter
squires
accompanies
more ❯
Verb
▲
To prevent oneself from
helps
avoids
refrains from
stops
dodges
evades
prevents
abstains
abstains from
bypasses
circumvents
desists
escapes
forbears
gets around
precludes
resists
restrains from
shakes off
shirks
shrinks from
shies from
sidesteps
skips
skips out on
skirts
stays away
stays away from
steers clear
steers clear of
withstands
breaks the habit of
fends off
forbears from
gets out of
holds off
keeps from
shuns
wards off
anticipates
arrests
blocks
checks
counteracts
counterbalances
eschews
heads off
hinders
impedes
interferes with
makes up for
negates
neutralises
UK
neutralizes
US
nullifies
obviates
prohibits
shakes
staves off
denies oneself
desists from
does without
forgoes
gives up
kicks
leaves off
refuses
renounces
withholds from
Verb
▲
To escape or keep away from
fends
dodges
evades
escapes
ducks
parries
deflects
diverts
skirts round
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▲
To not be able to experience or take advantage of (an opportunity or chance)
misses
forfeits
foregoes
overlooks
blows
loses
neglects
skips
disregards
ignores
mislays
misplaces
blunders
botches
flubs
miscarries
muffs
slights
lets pass
lets go of
passes up
fails at
fails to grasp
fails to seize
fails to take
leaves out
lets slip
loses out on
trips up
passes on
drops the ball
fails to take advantage of
fails to spot
falls short of
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