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A warning system could have averted the disaster. In an attempt to avert a head-on collision, she swerved and struck a tree.
No. Tragedy is a dramatic form from the Greek theatre tradition. It is more concerned with a person bringing about their own downfall through their actions. It is also linked to the classical belief that tragedy - or 'bad fate'- was in the stars and there is nothing a character can do to avert it. In a modern sense, it is more explained as a fault in a character that leads to a demise or death.
To avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert a disaster — either way, you are avoiding something
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AVERT was created in 1986.
I was able to narrowly avert an accident.
"I had to avert my eyes, the sun was so blinding."
The past tense of avert is averted.
The noun form of avert is aversion.
I will drive on the sidewalk to avert the loss of life. Please avert your eyes while I undress.
Loyalties - novel - was created in 1985.
One way the tragedy of commons could be avoided is.........