verb
1 prevent sth
ADVERB
▪ narrowly
▪
Disaster was narrowly ~ed when two airliners almost collided above Detroit.
VERB + AVERT
▪ try to
▪ be able to , manage to
▪
He managed to ~ the closure of the factory.
▪ fail to
PHRASES
▪ an attempt to ~ sth , an effort to ~ sth
2 turn sth away
ADVERB
▪ quickly
▪
They quickly ~ed their faces to hide their giggles.
VERB + AVERT
▪ try to
PHRASES
▪ ~ your eyes (from sth/sb) , ~ your gaze (from sth/sb)
▪
He looked up, and she quickly ~ed her gaze.
Avert is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ catastrophe , ↑ chaos , ↑ conflict , ↑ crisis , ↑ danger , ↑ disaster , ↑ eye , ↑ gaze , ↑ possibility , ↑ showdown , ↑ strike , ↑ tragedy , ↑ war