Usually means: Turned away to prevent occurrence.
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  1. averted: Merriam-Webster
  2. averted: Collins English Dictionary
  3. averted: Vocabulary.com
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  5. averted: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. averted: Wiktionary
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  8. averted: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Averted: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. averted: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Averted: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. averted: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wiktionary (averted)

▸ adjective:  Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling.
▸ adjective:  (also heraldry) Turned or directed away (from something).

Similar:
deflect, ward off, obviate, stave off, fend off, turn away, avoid, debar, head off, averse, more...

Opposite:
direct, focused, unavoidable

Types:
prevented, dissuaded, deterred, stopped, more...

Phrases:
Averted vision, crisis averted, averted gaze, more...

Colors:
    gray,     pale blue,     light gray,     soft yellow,     beige, more...



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Similar:
deflect, ward off, obviate, stave off, fend off, turn away, avoid, debar, head off, averse, more...

Opposite:
direct, focused, unavoidable

Types:
prevented, dissuaded, deterred, stopped, more...

Phrases:
Averted vision, crisis averted, averted gaze, more...

Colors:
    gray,     pale blue,     light gray,     soft yellow,     beige, more...



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