Avert and Jerk

Avert

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

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

Nearby Words: aversion, averting, avertable

Jerk verb - To move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion.

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Avert and jerk are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avert" instead a verb "Jerk".

people	avert people	jerk people
crash	avert crash	jerk crash
number	avert number	jerk number
time	avert time	jerk time
Other words: use, way, rule, ending, times, implications.

And interestingly, most of these tend to avert Never Speak Ill of the Dead, showing Ian for the Jerk Ass to his wife and child that he was.

Source: Dead Artists Are Better
Adaptational Villainy: Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame was a hideous but nice character whose very point was to avert Beauty Equals Goodness; He certainly wasn't the French Jerk Humanitarian portrayed in this movie.

Source: Western Animation / Hotel Transylvania
Adaptational Villainy: Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a hideous but nice character whose very point is to avert Beauty Equals Goodness; He certainly isn't the French Jerk Humanitarian portrayed in this movie.

Source: Western Animation / Hotel Transylvania

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