Avert and Duck

Avert

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

Usage example: her careful planning averted disaster

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

Nearby Words: aversion, averting, avertable

Duck verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.

Usage example: don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work

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Avert and duck are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avert" instead a verb "Duck".

Nearby Words: ducked, ducking, ducky, duckling

attack	avert attack	duck attack
gaze	avert gaze	duck gaze
prophecy	avert prophecy	duck prophecy
times	avert times	duck times
Other words: consequences, problems.

Chef helps avert this trope when he tells all the black soldiers to duck at the right time.

Source: Western Animation / South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
The only Duck-writer who seems to avert this is Don Rosa, because his "present day" stories are all set in the fifties.

Source: Not Allowed to Grow Up

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