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Keep from happening (5)

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I believe the answer is:

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">keep from happening</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for avert that I've seen before include "Deflect away" , "Prevent from happening" , "Turn aside, prevent" , "Turn aside or ward off" , "Avoid" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday, The New York Times, the Universal, the USA Today and The Mirror.
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