Avert
Avert verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
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- One the night of the prophecy, Louie goes to visit Rieger to keep him company and to help avert whatever tragedy is to fall him.
Source: Prophetic Fallacy -
Happy Ending: The True Ending has Okabe manage to save Mayuri and Kurisu, avert both bad futures and keep hold of all the relationships he made, though they've all suffered minor setbacks.
Source: Visual Novel / Steins;Gate -
The PC port was going to avert this until Ghostlight was instructed by Steam that they could not keep the mini-game.
Source: Video Game / Mugen Souls
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Keep and Avert. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avert/keep
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