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avert [əˈvɜ:t, Am əˈvɜ:rt] VB trans

1. avert (avoid):

to avert sth

unikać [perf uniknąć] czegoś

2. avert (prevent):

to avert sth

zapobiegać [perf zapobiec] czemuś

3. avert (turn away):

to avert one's eyes from sth

odwracać [perf odwrócić] wzrok od czegoś

Usage examples with avert

to avert sth

unikać [perf uniknąć] czegoś

to avert one's eyes from sth

odwracać [perf odwrócić] wzrok od czegoś

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It also sought to avert the declining trend in youth readership. en.wikipedia.org

Unlike prodigies, bad omens were never expiated by public rites but could be reinterpreted, redirected or otherwise averted. en.wikipedia.org

Lone characters with long noses and whimsical, often averted eyes feature heavily of his work. en.wikipedia.org

If we have built up overwhelmingly negative potentials, however, these ceremonies are ineffective in averting difficulties. en.wikipedia.org

The economists estimated that an investment of $27 billion could avert nearly 30 million new infections by 2010. en.wikipedia.org

Ultimately, we are left with the question, how much are we prepared to pay in order to avert imminent death as individuals. en.wikipedia.org

This presumably averted nuclear warfare which would likely have ensued had the torpedo been fired. en.wikipedia.org

The villains' plans can not be completed or averted before act five. en.wikipedia.org

Despite the opportunity to become an informant and avert his fate, he never compromised his principles. en.wikipedia.org

How closely disaster was averted is again debatable. en.wikipedia.org

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