Avert
Avert verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
Sheer
Sheer verb - To change one's course or direction.
Both words in one sentence
- Instead, he drives at top speed to Tadfield to avert the Apocalypse, holding his burning car together through sheer force of will.
Source: Determined Defeatist -
The first settings of Dungeons & Dragons are perhaps the most well-known example - even though many later D&D settings avert this trope, the sheer popularity of Faerûn makes this trope almost synonymous with D&D.
Source: Medieval European Fantasy -
The only way to avert this would be for Keira Knightley and Natalie Portman to make out, thus producing an equivalent level of hotness to counter the sheer coolness of the Jackson/Mr.
Source: Awesomeness Is Volatile
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