averted
Kept from happening
Averted is the past tense of avert, meaning turned away or prevented.
You avert your eyes or gaze by looking elsewhere: She averted her eyes from the accident scene.
To avert disaster, crisis, or danger is to prevent it from happening: Quick action averted a catastrophe.
Both senses share the idea of steering something away from its course.
Stop in advance
- forestallPrevent by prior action
- precludeMake impossible in advance
- stave offDelay or prevent
- ward offActively prevent approach
thwart · block · stop · obstruct · deter · impede · hinder · foil
Stay away from
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- circumventAvoid by going around
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
- dodgeAvoid by quick movement
bypass · skirt · escape · evade · shun · steer clear · eschew · abstain
prevent
Stop in advance
ward off · thwart · block · stop · obstruct · deter · impede · hinder · foil · intercept
avoid
Stay away from
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- circumventAvoid by going around
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
dodge · bypass · skirt · escape · evade · shun · steer clear · eschew · abstain · refrain
disaster
Sudden ruinous event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- calamitySevere misfortune or disaster
emergency · danger · threat · risk · peril · mishap · accident · collision · war · conflict
eyes
Organs of sight
- glanceBrief, casual look
- lookDirect one's gaze
- turned awayRefused admission or attention
downcast · lowered · sideways · looked away · shifted · dropped · diverted · withdrawn · shy · embarrassed
- trope treatmentssubversion, inversion, deconstruction, deconstructed, reconstructed
- kept at bayrepelled, fended off, warded off, staved off, kept away
- rejection wordsrejected, rebuffed, spurned, snubbed, refused
avertedoccurred
Took place in time
happened · materialized · transpired · ensued · came to pass
avertedcaused
Made something occur
precipitated · triggered · brought about · permitted · allowed
- averted gazeDeliberately not looking
- averting eyesDirecting sight elsewhere intentionally
- averting gazeRedirecting one's look