avert.
To turn aside or away.
Meaning & usage
To turn aside or away.
I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.
To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
How can the danger be averted?
To turn away.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, from ab + vertō (“to turn”).
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