AVERTING Synonyms

• the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

• the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively

• deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

• an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

• preventing realization or attainment of a desire

• stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• refrain from doing something

• refrain from certain foods or beverages

• declare invalid

• the act of escaping physically

• an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

• nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

• an avoidance of danger or difficulty

• a means or way of escaping

• a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

• the discharge of a fluid from some container

• a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level

• run away from confinement

• fail to experience

• escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

• be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

• remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• issue or leak, as from a small opening

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• escape, either physically or mentally

• practice evasion

• use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid

• keep from happening or arising; make impossible

• stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

• a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• refrain from doing something

• refrain from certain foods or beverages

• declare invalid

• bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• prevent from entering; keep out

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

• turn aside and away from an initial or intended course

• draw someone's attention away from something

• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• keep from happening or arising; make impossible

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• get rid of something

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off