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verb • prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off • turn away or aside | ||||
| 95% | 5 | Exact Match! | ||
adjective satellite • forced to turn and face attackers | ||||
| 42% | 11 | Staved off or deterred | ||
verb • To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert. • To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible. • To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price. • To anticipate, to act foreseeingly. • To deprive (with of). • To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. | ||||
Staved Off
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AVERTED which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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AVERTED
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