Avert and Escape

Avert

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

Usage example: her careful planning averted disaster

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

Nearby Words: aversion, averting, avertable

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

Usage example: a judge who is very determined not to let criminals escape punishment

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Avert and escape are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avert" instead a verb "Escape".

attention	avert attention	escape attention
attack	avert attack	escape attack
fate	avert fate	escape fate
death	avert death	escape death
Other words: destruction, situation, time, way, loop, explosion, danger, war, times, consequences.

Escape From The Hokage's Hat has Naruto discuss this before he goes out of his way to avert it out of fear.

Source: Unprovoked Pervert Payback
Bosses are usually the only ones to avert this, with one's remaining body even needing to be used to escape the area.

Source: Video Game / Tomb Raider: Legend
But then, they are going to avert this in the future with the items that already didn't escape from this trope.

Source: Website / Subeta

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