Word "AVERT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
Synonyms:
avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off
Examples:
avert a strike

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
turn away or aside
Synonyms:
turn away
Examples:
They averted their eyes when the King entered

Crossword Clues for AVERT

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Clue Source Date
Turn away a surgeon covering another, ultimately (5)
Forestall State Department's conclusion The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Jul 2025
"___ your eyes!" ("Look away!") USA Today 29 Jun 2025
Turn away from livesaver tearfully
Stave off (5) Puzzler 13 Jun 2025
Prevent State Department's termination The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Jun 2025
Prevent, ward off Puzzler Backwords 03 Jun 2025
Prevent rave developing on time (5) Mirror Cryptic 03 Jun 2025
Turn away (5) Mirror Quick 03 Jun 2025
Stave off Wall Street Journal 19 May 2025
Prevent (disaster)
Stop antagonistic French inspector getting decapitated
To avoid travelling, half dispersed (5)
Turn away a Green (5)
Prevent, deter
Prevent or ward off Mirror Classic 21 Apr 2025
Turn aside Thomas Joseph 17 Apr 2025
Half the travellers are diverted, to prevent (5)
Stop a source of enmity, right, in Vermont (5)
Prevent The Telegraph Plusword 14 Apr 2025
Deflect Puzzler Backwords 07 Apr 2025
Facing bit of traffic, swear head off
Prevent, ward off Mirror Tea Time 04 Apr 2025
Prevent, as a disaster
Prevent The Telegraph Quick 23 Mar 2025
State time to head off (5)
Turn away LA Times Daily 20 Mar 2025
Prevent (a disaster) The Telegraph Plusword 11 Mar 2025
Ward off Puzzler Backwords 02 Mar 2025
Stave off (5) Puzzler 01 Mar 2025
____ one's eyes, look away The Telegraph Plusword 25 Feb 2025
Turn away Mirror Quick 24 Feb 2025
Prevent rave developing on time Mirror Cryptic 24 Feb 2025
Head off LA Times Daily 21 Feb 2025
Head off LA Times Mini 21 Feb 2025
"___ your eyes!"
Turn aside a Green in Strasbourg? (5)
Fend off Commuter 11 Feb 2025
Turn away New York Times 08 Feb 2025
Stave off (5) Puzzler 07 Feb 2025
Prevent Vera pouring out the tea
Turn away; ward off (5)
Declare tea break and ward off the consequences
Turn away when an animal surgeon holds retriever's head (5)
Say the time has come to use evasive tactics (5)
Prevent, ward off Mirror Tea Time 21 Jan 2025
Turn aside Thomas Joseph 21 Jan 2025
Turn away, as one's gaze New York Times Mini 19 Jan 2025
Fend off Commuter 18 Jan 2025
Fend off Commuter 17 Jan 2025
Stop in state capital of Tennessee The Times Cryptic 11 Jan 2025
Turn away roughly half of the travellers (5)
Turn away Mirror Quick 28 Dec 2024
Parry's Requiem initially covered in a review The Times Cryptic 28 Dec 2024
Prevent rave developing on time Mirror Cryptic 28 Dec 2024
[68] Stop bible teaching getting started (5)
Stop from happening (5) Puzzler 23 Dec 2024
Ward off endless travel confusion (5)
Turn aside Vera first thing (5)
Stave off Newsday 15 Dec 2024
Thwart, as disaster New York Times Mini 15 Dec 2024
Sidestep LA Times Mini 12 Dec 2024
Keep from happening Newsday 09 Dec 2024
Prevent Vera coming to tea
Keep from happening Universal 27 Nov 2024
Prevent Commuter 23 Nov 2024
Stop the trevally returning (5)
Turn aside Newsday 17 Nov 2024
Forestall The Sun Two Speed 03 Nov 2024
Head off from state close to Connecticut The Sun Two Speed 03 Nov 2024
Prevent half of vest appearing in painting (5)
Turn away from a green in Paris (5) Puzzler Cryptic 28 Oct 2024
Turn away New York Times 13 Oct 2024
Green comes after a stop
Deflect The Sun Two Speed 30 Sep 2024
Parry departs leaving bill The Sun Two Speed 30 Sep 2024
Keep from happening Newsday 24 Sep 2024
Turn aside, avenue to the right (5)
Deflect The Sun Two Speed 15 Sep 2024
State Trooper initially in Dodge The Sun Two Speed 15 Sep 2024
Turn aside Puzzler Backwords 07 Sep 2024
Head off, reluctant to concede opponents time The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Aug 2024
Forestall New York Times 16 Aug 2024
Ward off (5) The Guardian Quick 12 Aug 2024
Keep from happening New York Times 11 Aug 2024
Forestall The Sun Two Speed 07 Aug 2024
Dodge an animal doctor crossing river The Sun Two Speed 07 Aug 2024
Prevent, ward off Mirror Tea Time 06 Aug 2024
Declare on time to change course (5)
Head off New York Times 25 Jul 2024
Keep from happening Newsday 22 Jul 2024
Turn away troubled relative not admitting lie (5)
____ one's eyes, don't look The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 10 Jul 2024
Stave off The Telegraph Plusword 08 Jul 2024
Prevent advert dropping down (5)
Prevent a check involving report, initially (5) Puzzler Cryptic 08 Jul 2024
Prevent Vera wasting time (5)
Turn aside from state capital in Texas
Prevent from happening Newsday 25 Jun 2024
Keep away from endless disturbed travel (5)
Ward off Puzzler Backwords 23 Jun 2024
Turn away Thomas Joseph 22 Jun 2024
State beginning to transform Dodge The Sun Two Speed 18 Jun 2024
Deflect The Sun Two Speed 18 Jun 2024
Prevent, like a crisis USA Today 13 Jun 2024
Keep from happening Newsday 04 Jun 2024
___ disaster (barely save the day)
Fend off Commuter 30 May 2024
Keep from happening USA Today 30 May 2024
Turn aside from notice publicising an event days away (5)
Fend off Commuter 23 May 2024
Turn away advertiser as he dries out (5)
A beaver tries to find a way to prevent it happening
Avoid thwart
Ward off a former military type? About right (5)
Prevent, avoid (5)
Turn away state trooper, at first (5)
Parry departs leaving bill The Sun Two Speed 26 Apr 2024
Deflect The Sun Two Speed 26 Apr 2024
Ward off first signs of another very extreme reaction today (5)
Prevent from happening Universal 15 Apr 2024
Fend off Commuter 13 Apr 2024
Stave off New York Times 09 Apr 2024
Turn away Thomas Joseph 06 Apr 2024
Girl turns right to avoid something
Stave off Commuter 02 Apr 2024
Prevent, as a disaster
Turn aside commercial junking Democrat
Ward off USA Today 23 Mar 2024
Stop from happening at a French green (5) Puzzler Cryptic 23 Mar 2024
Prevent, ward off Puzzler Backwords 19 Mar 2024
State Trooper initially in Dodge The Sun Two Speed 19 Mar 2024
Deflect The Sun Two Speed 19 Mar 2024
Stave off disaster
Turn away Thomas Joseph 05 Mar 2024
Turn your gaze from a French green (5) Puzzler Cryptic 03 Mar 2024
Turn off north by the new tavern
Prevent Bill's daughter leaving
Turn away LA Times Daily 19 Feb 2024
Stave off Wall Street Journal 17 Feb 2024
Without a starter, could starve: ward it off (5)
Head off USA Today 22 Jan 2024
Stop state visit, finally The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jan 2024
Stop state visit, finally (5)
Prevent, ward off Mirror Tea Time 17 Jan 2024
Thwart Universal 14 Jan 2024
Turn away as one's eyes
Prevent state trooper losing almost everything (5)
Prevent state trooper losing almost everything The Telegraph Toughie 09 Jan 2024
Turn away some raver, terrified (5) Puzzler Cryptic 01 Jan 2024
Turn away some raver trespassing (5)
Turn aside from braver types!
Stave off New York Times 10 Dec 2023
Turn away or aside Mirror Classic 06 Dec 2023
Prevent a check pinning rook
Turn away disheartened assistant covering upstanding cleric
Prevent, as a crisis New York Times 21 Nov 2023
Head off state control essentially The Telegraph Toughie 10 Oct 2023
Narrowly avoid LA Times Daily 01 Oct 2023
Sidestep Eugene Sheffer 22 Sep 2023
Stave off LA Times Daily 19 Aug 2023
Turn away Wall Street Journal 17 Jul 2023
Prevent, as disaster LA Times Daily 21 Jun 2023
Keep from happening Newsday 19 Jun 2023
Head off USA Today 15 Jun 2023
Prevent from happening The Times Concise 06 Jun 2023
Head off Wall Street Journal 19 Apr 2023
Prevent, as disaster Universal 10 Apr 2023
Fend off USA Today 11 Mar 2023
Stave off Newsday 22 Feb 2023
Nip in the bud Family Time 19 Feb 2023
Turn away
Prevent, as a disaster
Prevent from happening USA Today 19 Nov 2022
Turn aside Thomas Joseph 27 Oct 2022
Manage to stop New York Times 14 Oct 2022
Stave off Universal 17 Sep 2022
Ward off Premier Sunday 21 Aug 2022
Stave off LA Times Daily 09 Aug 2022
Turn away Thomas Joseph 09 Aug 2022
Stave off New York Times 03 Jul 2022
Turn away, as one's eyes Family Time 26 Jun 2022
Stave off Wall Street Journal 07 Jun 2022
Forestall LA Times Daily 01 Jun 2022
Turn away, as one's gaze Universal 19 Apr 2022
Prevent, ward off The Times Concise 08 Apr 2022
Prevent, as disaster The Washington Post Sunday 20 Mar 2022
Stave off Universal 05 Mar 2022
Turn away USA Today 03 Mar 2022
Turn away 50% of travellers in distress The Guardian Cryptic 24 Feb 2022
Turn away 50% of travellers in distress
Keep from happening Newsday 02 Feb 2022
Turn away The Times Concise 14 Jan 2022
Turn aside LA Times Daily 29 Dec 2021
Ward off LA Times Daily 27 Dec 2021
Stop to maintain temperature The Times Cryptic 27 Dec 2021
Deflect The Telegraph Quick 29 Nov 2021
Fend off Premier Sunday 28 Nov 2021
Ward off
Turn away Universal 18 Nov 2021
Deflect The Telegraph Quick 04 Nov 2021
Deflect lie from relative Irish Times Crosaire 21 Oct 2021
Keep from happening Newsday 15 Sep 2021
Ward off The Guardian Speedy 05 Sep 2021
Ward off Universal 29 Aug 2021
Fend off New York Times 30 Jul 2021
Stave off Newsday 21 Jul 2021
Avoid, as a catastrophe The Washington Post Sunday 11 Jul 2021
Ward off LA Times Daily 09 May 2021
Ward off The Washington Post 09 May 2021
Dodge The Washington Post 08 May 2021
Dodge LA Times Daily 08 May 2021
Deflect The Telegraph Quick 02 May 2021
Keep from happening Newsday 14 Apr 2021
Stop from happening Wall Street Journal 29 Mar 2021
Turn away very briefly at stores
Prevent, as disaster New York Times 08 Mar 2021
Forestall, as a crisis Universal 07 Mar 2021
Stave off Universal 05 Mar 2021
Turn away
Fend off The Washington Post Sunday 07 Feb 2021
Prevent, as a major disaster (anagram of "trave")
Turn away, as one's eyes The Washington Post Sunday 24 Jan 2021
Prevent, as a disaster
Turn away, as one’s eyes Wall Street Journal 29 Dec 2020
Ward off Wall Street Journal 14 Dec 2020
Avoid, as a crisis Newsday 07 Dec 2020
Keep from happening USA Today 24 Nov 2020
Stave off Family Time 16 Nov 2020
Turn away New York Times 10 Nov 2020
Ward off Newsday 06 Oct 2020
Stop and state temperature The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Oct 2020
Turn away, as one's gaze
Turn away The Telegraph Quick 20 Sep 2020
Declare time to head off
Head off USA Today 12 Aug 2020
Head off as an animal doctor, crossing river
Turn away Thomas Joseph 25 Jul 2020
Deflect Jonesin 14 Jul 2020
Dodge The Washington Post Sunday 05 Jul 2020
Turn away, as one's eyes Universal 03 Jun 2020
Prevent a former soldier keeping rifle, at first
Turn away, as thoughts
Sidestep The Washington Post 07 Mar 2020
Sidestep LA Times Daily 07 Mar 2020
Turn aside Thomas Joseph 31 Dec 2019
Turn away from Newsday 25 Dec 2019
Dodge Eugene Sheffer 14 Dec 2019
Head off LA Times Daily 26 Nov 2019
Head off The Washington Post 26 Nov 2019
Head off, as disaster USA Today 15 Oct 2019
Prevent, as a disaster
Keep off a green
Turn away, as thoughts
Turn aside or prevent
Prevent, as disaster
Head off New York Times 29 May 2019
Ward off The Times Concise 16 May 2019
Dodge, as danger
Deflect New York Times 13 May 2019
Prevent state terrorism's source The Telegraph Cryptic 09 May 2019
Dodge successfully a very unfinished square Irish Times Crosaire 25 Apr 2019
Turn aside Wall Street Journal 23 Apr 2019
Turn away, as one's gaze New York Times 22 Apr 2019
Turn away, as a gaze USA Today 15 Apr 2019
Prevent from happening Newsday 10 Apr 2019
Ward off The Washington Post Sunday 03 Mar 2019
Prevent, as a disaster
Turn aside The Times Concise 27 Jan 2019
Ward off The Telegraph Quick 19 Jan 2019
State beginning to transform Dodge The Sun Two Speed 07 Jan 2019
Forestall The Sun Two Speed 07 Jan 2019
Ward off
Turn away, as one's gaze
Head off
Deflect
Keep from happening
Turn aside
Head off, as disaster
Keep from happening
Thwart, as a crisis USA Today 19 Nov 2018
Nip in the bud Universal 13 Nov 2018
Deflect The Sun Two Speed 13 Nov 2018
State trooper initially in Dodge The Sun Two Speed 13 Nov 2018
Stave off Newsday 24 Oct 2018
"___ your eyes!" ("look away")
Head off from state close to Connecticut The Sun Two Speed 21 Sep 2018
Dodge Newsday 24 Aug 2018
Prevent beaver trashing boxes
Avoid, as a risk or danger
Manage to avoid USA Today 21 Jul 2018
Head off Universal 19 Jul 2018
Duck Newsday 14 Jul 2018
Parry departs leaving bill The Sun Two Speed 03 Jul 2018
Prevent, as danger Newsday 25 Jun 2018
Prevent, as disaster
Obviate The Telegraph Quick 12 May 2018
Dodge or deflect Universal 05 May 2018
Dodge, as danger
Parry over exposed in painting
Stave off Wall Street Journal 05 Apr 2018
Turn aside, as a gaze USA Today 24 Mar 2018
Ward off USA Today 14 Mar 2018
Head off right at the end of avenue The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Mar 2018
Steer clear of USA Today 10 Feb 2018
Ward off, as a disaster
Sidestep New York Times 28 Jan 2018
Stop from happening at a French green The Sun Two Speed 10 Jan 2018
Nip in the bud
Stave off
Head off
Ward off
Turn away, as a gaze
Thwart, as a crisis
Steer clear of
Manage to avoid
Sidestep
Dodge or deflect
Turn aside Universal 29 Nov 2017
Turn away, as eyes Universal 28 Nov 2017
Turn aside to maintain temperature
Turn aside right after avenue (5
Circumvent Newsday 01 Oct 2017
Turn away The Washington Post 16 Sep 2017
Head off from state close to Connecticut
Turn away LA Times Daily 16 Sep 2017
Prevent the occurrence of Universal 04 Aug 2017
Turn away if vicar gyrates in centre of Bath
Fend off a check pinning rook The Telegraph Cryptic 23 May 2017
Stop The Washington Post 08 Apr 2017
Stop LA Times Daily 08 Apr 2017
Prevent, as a disaster Universal 21 Mar 2017
Turn away from prayer by heart in Chartres The Telegraph Toughie 07 Mar 2017
Turn aside New York Times 12 Feb 2017
Head off acceleration, keeping runs in check
Turn aside
Turn away
Turn aside, as a gaze
Stave off
Prevent the occurrence of
Prevent, as disaster
Turn aside
Turn away, as eyes
Hail red Ford and Dodge
Stave off The Washington Post 20 Dec 2016
Prevent Universal 03 Dec 2016
Stave off USA Today 03 Dec 2016
Sidestep Eugene Sheffer 18 Nov 2016
Prevent LA Times Daily 09 Nov 2016
Dodge successfully Universal 08 Oct 2016
Turn aside USA Today 11 Sep 2016
Prevent, say, those with no socks The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Sep 2016
Foil Newsday 19 Aug 2016
Turn away from lifesaver, tearfully
Turn aside, as one's eyes Universal 13 Jul 2016
Turn away in state car Irish Times Crosaire 23 Jun 2016
Circumvent The Washington Post 16 Jun 2016
Turn away from state capital of Texas
Prevent a Green appearing in Strasbourg?
Fend off Universal 12 May 2016
Fend off USA Today 10 May 2016
Stave off New York Times 01 May 2016
Fend off Newsday 24 Apr 2016
Stave off, as a disaster USA Today 14 Apr 2016
Forestall Canadiana 07 Mar 2016
Stop state terrorism's onset The Telegraph Toughie 14 Jan 2016
Turn aside
Fend off
Turn aside, as one's eyes
Deflect Universal 27 Dec 2015
Keep from happening Family Time 21 Dec 2015
Turn away a Green in Strasbourg The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Nov 2015
Turn away right after Cameron loses his head
King cutting a doctor's head off
Turn away Newsday 24 Jul 2015
Forestall Wall Street Journal 05 Jun 2015
Ward off a victory by the European Right
Prevent, as disaster USA Today 24 Feb 2015
Prevent Wall Street Journal 20 Feb 2015
Prevent, as a disaster Jonesin 29 Jan 2015
Duck
Sidestep
Prevent
Keep from happening
Prevent, as disaster
Deflect
Ward off
Forestall
Fend off
Turn away
Prevent State Department's closure
Ward off state terrorism, initially
Turn away from green area first
Head off, as disaster
Keep from happening
Stave off
Turn away
Turn away, as one's eyes
Ward off
Turn away
Thwart
Forestall
Turn aside
Turn away
Circumvent
Stave off
Foil
Keep from happening
Head off
Prevent, as danger
Dodge successfully
Turn aside, as a gaze
Stave off
Turn away, as one's eyes
Turn away, as one's eyes
Stave off
Turn aside
Ward off
Prevent, as danger
Stave off, as a disaster
Turn aside
Head off
Prevent, as danger
Ward off
Prevent, as a disaster
Stave off
Forestall
Deflect
Turn away
Turn away
Sidestep
Fend off
Parry
Turn aside, as a gaze
Turn away, as one's eyes
Turn away
Prevent from happening
Fend off
Head off
Prevent, as a disaster
Stave off
Keep from happening
Prevent
Keep from happening
Prevent
Circumvent
Dodge successfully
Direct elsewhere
Sidestep
Forestall
Head off
Redirect, as one's eyes
Ward off
Turn aside
Deflect
Turn away from
Head off
Prevent
Fend off
Head off
Forestall
Turn away or aside
Ward off
Thwart
Avoid
Foil
Forestall
Manage to avoid
Ward off
Sidestep
Ward off
Stop from happening
Forestall
Turn away, as a crisis
Prevent
Turn away, as one's eyes
Fend off
Stave off
Deflect
Nip in the bud
Turn aside
Turn aside
Stave off
Foil
Turn away
Turn aside
To turn away
Shield from
Ward off
Nip in the bud
Forfend
Forestall
Fend off
Forestall
Not let happen
Head off
Deflect
Deflect
Forfend
Forestall
Ward off
Head off
Deflect
Thwart
Circumvent
Turn aside
Dodge
Prevent a disaster
Dodge successfully
Turn away from
Thwart
Forfend
Turn away
Prevent
Prevent
Forestall
Sidestep
Turn away
Manage to avoid
Ward off
Thwart
Stave off
Obviate
Turn away
Ward off
Stop to maintain temperature
Turn away, as one's eyes
Sidestep
Detour
Parry
Sidestep
Prevent
Redirect, as one's eyes
Turn away^AVER
Keep from happening
Turn away from
Dodge
Manage to avoid
Circumvent
Prevent
Deter
Obviate
Dodge successfully
What good fencers do
Keep from occurring
Turn aside.
Turn away.
Forestall.
Avoid
Ward off.
Deflect.
Keep from happening.
Preclude.
Fend off.
Prevent.
Stave off.
Push aside.
Head off.
Avoid.
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