averting Definition

avoiding, preventing, defusing, deterring, prevention, diverting, forestalling, thwarting, resolving, curbing, derailing, triggering, halting, alleviating, prolonging, sparing, quelling, minimizing, salvaging, precipitating, lessening, stanching, combating, foiling, easing, stopping, presaging, dooming, reducing, curtailing, crippling, impends, mitigating, scuttling, saving, remedying, blunting, spurring, sparking, overcoming, snuffing, restoring, relieving, ameliorating, imperiling, looming, risking, foreseeing, provoking, securing, disrupting, reversing, ridding, countering, sidestepping, ushering, eliminating, detecting, hastening, solving, guaranteeing, neutralizing, portending, rescuing, engendering, jeopardizing, signaling, restarting, rectifying, reviving, bolstering, deepening, effecting, protecting, ruining, counteracting, prompt, assuaging, fearing, causing, taming, marring, braced, paralyzing, delaying, heightening, ensuring, inducing, boosting, allaying, facilitating, wreaking, exacerbating, undermining, diffusing, preserving, stemming, resuming, befall, confronting,