Avert
Except
Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.
Common collocations
| part | avert part | except part |
Both words in one sentence
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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.
Source: Plot-Driven Breakdown - Something*Positive manages to mostly avert this except in the case of Jason's dad.
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