Synset:avert avoid debar deflect fend off forefend forfend head off obviate stave off
Examples:
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
Derivationally Related Form:avertibleavoidableobviationavertable
Hypernyms:forbid foreclose forestall preclude prevent
Inherited Hypernyms:debarprevent
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something