avert

to turn away or prevent

Root

Other words with the vers / vert / verg root

  • adverse: unfavorable or opposed
  • advertise: to call attention to something
  • aversion: strong dislike or turning away
  • converge: to come together toward one point
  • diverge: to move apart from a shared point
  • divergent: moving or developing in different directions
  • divert: to turn aside or redirect

Avert turns something away before it hits.

A five-minute review averted the mistake she kept making on practice tests.

The danger is still moving; avert is the hand turning it aside in time.

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