avert
Example Sentences
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The more demand drops at once, the more difficult it is for a grid operator to take enough supply offline to avert damage to power plants and other infrastructure.
The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, calling for "urgent action" to avert a return to full-scale civil war.
From Barron's
Oil prices slipped after mediators said Iran and the United States made "significant progress" in nuclear talks Thursday as they look to avert a war in the crude-rich Middle East.
From Barron's
Iran and the United States held talks in Switzerland on Thursday, in a last-ditch bid to avert war under the shadow of the biggest American military build-up in the Middle East in decades.
From Barron's
Gulf countries are now more involved in the region and so pressure from them could also avert another catastrophic conflict.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
