Averted and Delayed

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Delayed and averted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Delayed" instead a verb "Averted".

Nearby Words: averting, avertable

Delayed adjective - Not as far along as normal in development.

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Averted and delayed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Averted" instead a verb "Delayed".

Nearby Words: delay, delaying, delayer

Thanks to the Freudian slip, the real ship being delayed, and the hero's submersible, disaster is averted.

Source: Harsher In Hindsight / Literature
Most of all, the Second Empire wouldn't have collapsed and France would have remained a Bonapartist monarchy instead of becoming the Third Republic, while German unification under Prussia would have been delayed if not averted.

Source: Useful Notes / Franco-Prussian War
Averted with certain spells that have a delayed response.

Source: No Ontological Inertia

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