Avert and Change

Avert

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

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Change and avert are semantically related. in process topic. In some cases you can use "Change" instead a verb "Avert".

Nearby Words: aversion, averting, avertable

Change verb - To make different in some way.

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Avert and change are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avert" instead a verb "Change".

people	avert people	change people
fate	avert fate	change fate
destiny	avert destiny	change destiny
number	avert number	change number
Other words: future, time, way, bit, ending, times, events.

They tried to avert this by calling other games Math Rabbit and Writer Rabbit, but this caused confusion and most people didn't like this change.

Source: Video Game / Reader Rabbit
Also Disney in Brazil, Brave had the protagonist change the accentuation of her name from Mérida (Meh-readah) to Merída (Meh-ree-da), presumably to avert something similar to "merda", shit.

Source: Clean Dub Name
Their mission is to change several important "might-have-beens" to avert disaster in the present.

Source: Literature / A Swiftly Tilting Planet

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