Avert and Except

Avert

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

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

Nearby Words: aversion, averting, avertable

Except

Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.

Avert and except are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avert" instead a verb "Except".

Common collocations

part avert part except part

Both words in one sentence

  • Life Meter All Silent Hill games except 4 and Homecoming avert the onscreen lifebar tactic, instead letting you gauge how much you had left by a colored screen in the pause menu, or a percentage in Downpour.
    Source: Life Meter
  • As a side note, the recent movies and the several alternate continuities avert this by having the webbing be organic...except in the second movie, where a crisis of confidence shorts out his powers.
  • Something*Positive manages to mostly avert this except in the case of Jason's dad.
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