- debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off - prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
--1 is one way to prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- avert, turn away - turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"
--2 is one way to turn
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun aversion2
Something ----s something