Usually means: Device or person preventing unwanted outcomes.
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  1. averter: Collins English Dictionary
  2. averter: Wordnik
  3. averter: Wiktionary
  4. Averter, averter: Dictionary.com
  5. Averter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. averter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Averter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. averter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. averter: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Averter: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  One who, or that which, averts.

Similar:
abater, deterrer, veerer, blancher, obviation, reverter, obscurer, deterrent, dissuader, deferrer, more...

Opposite:
attractor, magnet, lure, draw, pull

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Similar:
abater, deterrer, veerer, blancher, obviation, reverter, obscurer, deterrent, dissuader, deferrer, more...

Opposite:
attractor, magnet, lure, draw, pull



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