Avert
Cover
Cover verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Usage example: covered the wounded soldier until he could be rescued from the downed chopper
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Most aliens avert this; they'll sound the retreat, fall back to better cover and call for help if they feel they're outnumbered and/or outgunned.
Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown -
Ami Mizuno from Sailor Moon is shown to cover or at least avert her eyes when seeing something indecent.
Source: "I Can't Look!" Gesture -
Point Defenceless: You want to avert this - planetary defence batteries will chew up anything without adequate flak cover.
Source: Video Game / Sword of the Stars
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