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Definition of Avertable
1. Adjective. Capable of being avoided or warded off.
Exact synonyms: Avertible, Avoidable, Evitable
Derivative terms: Avert, Avert, Avoid
Antonyms: Inevitable
Derivative terms: Avert, Avert, Avoid
Antonyms: Inevitable
Definition of Avertable
1. Adjective. Preventable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Avertable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avertable
Literary usage of Avertable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Day of the Saxon by Homer Lea (1912)
"The British Empire will be destroyed only through those avertable causes which
the Saxon now dreads to contemplate. Yet it is because of this evasion that ..."
2. NATO in the Fifth Decade by Keith Dunn, Stephen Flanagan (1992)
"... without the wholehearted support of the population, which is almost impossible
to obtain unless a clear and undeniable danger is avertable only by war. ..."
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