avertiveadj.
/əˈvəːtɪv/ Designed to avert or ward off.
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avertive1889
1889 Cornhill Mag. May 491 A series of avertive and violent sweeps of a table-napkin.
1895 Q. Rev. July 211 We are not convinced that the heraldic animals were originally ‘avertive’ amulets.
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adj.1889- to be like a dog with a bone
- to be like a fish out of water
- to be like getting blood out from a stone
- to be like getting blood out from a turnip
- to be like getting blood out of a stone
- to be like getting blood out of a turnip
- to be like shooting fish in a barrel
- to be liking to
- to be little better than
- to be little mastery
- to be live in disfavour
- to be living proof of
- to be living proof that
- to be loaded
- to be loaded for
- to be loaded for bear
- to be loaded for bears
- to be loaded up
- to be looking over one's shoulder
- to be losing one's buttons
- to be lost for words
- to be lost in the wash
- to be lost in the weeds
- to be lost in translation
- to be lost on or upon