Collocations for avert - verb

narrowly
Disaster was narrowly averted when two airliners almost collided above Detroit.

try to
be able to, manage to
He managed to avert the closure of the factory.

fail to

an attempt to avert sth, an effort to avert sth

quickly
They quickly averted their faces to hide their giggles.

try to

avert your eyes (from sth/sb), avert your gaze (from sth/sb)
He looked up, and she quickly averted her gaze.

Avert is used with these nouns as the object:
catastrophe, chaos, conflict, crisis, danger, disaster, eye, gaze, possibility, showdown, strike, tragedy, war