Avert and Anticipate

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Avert verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.

Usage example: her careful planning averted disaster

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Anticipate and avert are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Anticipate" instead a verb "Avert".

Nearby Words: aversion, averting, avertable

Anticipate verb - To believe in the future occurrence of (something).

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Avert and anticipate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avert" instead a verb "Anticipate".

attack	avert attack	anticipate attack
aspect	avert aspect	anticipate aspect
death	avert death	anticipate death
situation	avert situation	anticipate situation
Other words: fight, invasion, events, implications.

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