Avert and Stop

Avert

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

Usage example: her careful planning averted disaster

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Stop and avert are semantically related. in prevent topic. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Avert".

Nearby Words: aversion, averting, avertable

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Avert and stop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avert" instead a verb "Stop".

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

attack	avert attack	stop attack
people	avert people	stop people
end	avert end	stop end
death	avert death	stop death
Other words: destruction, time, cycle, plan, apocalypse, evil, fight, invasion, war.

From Bad to Worse: The Assassins manage to stop the Templars' plan and avert the destruction of the world, but now Desmond is dead and Juno is free to take over the world.

Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed III
Cujo tried to avert this by having the Big Friendly Dog's tail restrained to stop it wagging, which would have made it rather difficult to take it seriously as a savage, rabid monster.

Source: Terrifying Pet Store Rat
Pretty much justified, considering how they usually avert the topic of love that doesn't stop the shippers, though.

Source: Franchise / Neopets