>>averted?
>Instead of looking smart using less common vocabulary, you've ended up looking retarded for incorrectly using it.
How about instead of mouthing off, first look u the terms so you understand their full meaning.
avert
/ə-vûrt′/
verb
(transitive) To turn aside or away.
(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
(intransitive, archaic) To turn away
>Avoided is the word you wanted.