Avert and Spare

Avert

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

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

Nearby Words: aversion, averting, avertable

Spare

Spare verb - To use or give out in stingy amounts.

Avert and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avert" instead a verb "Spare".

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

hero avert hero spare hero
people avert people spare people
fate avert fate spare fate
death avert death spare death

Both words in one sentence

  • Pragmatic Villainy aka: Pragmatic Villain They also spare significant energy sources as they're approaching an energetic crisis, and are desperately searching an infinite one specifically to avert it.
  • Mommy Had A Good Reason For Abandoning You: Narini abandoned Ranu in an orphanage to spare him the pain that being around her would cause, and possibly in an attempt to avert the future she saw in the cards.
  • Most family trees branch quite a bit due to multiple children having multiple children (and families of important lineage in particular tend to make a point of having a "spare" heir around to avert any potential Succession Crisis).
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