Averted
Maintained and averted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maintained" instead a verb "Averted".
Maintained
Maintained adjective - Kept in good condition.
Averted and maintained are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Averted" instead a verb "Maintained".
Both words in one sentence
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All Love Is Unrequited: Miyako loves Yamato but he wants to stay friends and has maintained that attitude for years, though that can be averted.
- Averted in Shogun; Rodrigues carefully inspects the armoury on his ship, and is furious when he finds a musket with an improperly maintained flint that would cause it to be dangerous.
- However, it's somewhat averted as they still maintained their friendship afterwards with not much trouble.
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