prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
<verb.social>
freq. cnt.: 33
freq. cnt.: 22
freq. cnt.: 5
freq. cnt.: 3
freq. cnt.: 3
sample sentences
"Let's avoid a confrontation"
"head off a confrontation"
"avert a strike"
verb frames
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