Avert and Dodge

Avert

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

Usage example: her careful planning averted disaster

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

Nearby Words: aversion, averting, avertable

Dodge verb - To avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness.

Usage example: always trying to dodge the landlord's rule prohibiting pets

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Avert and dodge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avert" instead a verb "Dodge".

Nearby Words: dodged, dodger, dodging

attack	avert attack	dodge attack
issue	avert issue	dodge issue
death	avert death	dodge death
time	avert time	dodge time
Other words: way, explosion, damage, times, consequences.

However, you the player can avert it by lifting off your base to dodge the nukes, or researching Spider Mines and placing them before the Ghosts come to save a bit of your reinforcements that are scripted to be nuked.

Source: Video Game / StarCraft I
The 21st-century Ace Combat games (04, 5, Zero, X, and 6) seem to avert this; it's not uncommon to be chased by an entire five-plane group at once in 04 or having to dodge three or four missiles for every plane you down.

Source: Mook Chivalry

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