Definitions for averts

averts a·vert

Spelling: [uh-vurt]
IPA: /əˈvɜrt/

Averts is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 167 anagrams from letters in averts (aerstv).

Definitions for averts

verb (used with object)

  1. to turn away or aside:
  2. to ward off; prevent:

Origin of averts

1400-50; late Middle English Middle French avertir ≪ Latin āvertere, equivalent to ā- a-4 + vertere to turn

Examples for averts

She did not avert her gaze immediately, nor did he avert his.

First, will Ted Cruz and/or Mike Lee let the deal move through the Senate quickly enough to avert default?

Help by Thine outstretched arm, and avert our sorrow from us.

If they tremble down the fine-skinned cheek, let us avert our gaze.

President Obama said Libya had to be attacked to avert a genocide in Benghazi.

I did all that in honor could be done to avert the war, but without avail.

But over the next two months, watch them avoid making tough debt choices to avert another shutdown, says Peter Beinart.

Sometimes, even before shots are fired, Interrupters can predict and avert crisis, according to Slutkin.

And they believe in tougher sanctions precisely because they want to avert war.

The most it can do for us is to persuade us to avert our gaze and fix it on other objects.

Word Value for averts
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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