en:avert • avoid • debar • deflect • fend off • forefend • forfend • head off • obviate • stave off • ward offen

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  • v.
    ⦿prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
    lexical concept
  • Let's avoid a confrontation
  • avert a strike
  • head off a confrontation

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Lexical context

wn:part of speech
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verb
∴ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:obviate
  2. enl:stave off
  3. enl:ward off
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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
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  • fend off • forefend • forfend • head off • obviate • stave off
  • avert • avoid • debar • deflect • fend off • forefend • forfend • head off • obviate • stave off • ward off