Avert and Spurn

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Avert

Avert verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
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Spurn and avert are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spurn" instead a verb "Avert".
Nearby Words: aversion, averting, avertable

Spurn

Spurn verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.
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Avert and spurn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avert" instead a verb "Spurn".
Nearby Words: spur, spurned, spurning

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people avert people spurn people

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  • Mayfly-December Romance Larry instead tries actively to spurn her (with little success...), knowing that the magic infusing her with life will wane at dawn, thus wanting to avert this scenario, sparing Amelia the knowledge of her overtly short "new lease" at life.
    Source: Mayfly-December Romance
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