verb (v)

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening(verb.social)

  Example:
  Avert a strike.
  

  Synonym:
  avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off
  

  source: wordnet30
• turn away or aside(verb.motion)

  Example:
  They averted their eyes when the King entered.
  

  Synonym:
  turn away
  

  source: wordnet30
• To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire."(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To turn away.(verb)

  source: webster1913