The phrase "acted to avert the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing actions taken to prevent something undesirable from happening.
Example: "The government acted to avert the economic crisis by implementing new financial regulations."
Alternatives: "took measures to prevent the" or "worked to stop the".
But, perhaps with enough public outcry, Board members will act to avert the impending disaster.
Under the sequester, the federal budget will be cut by about $1.2 trillion next month unless Congress acts to avert those across-the-board reductions.
The implied disclaimer that ABC did broadcast will allow the network to argue that it voluntarily acted to avert whatever damage the broadcast might have done to Monty Python's reputation for integrity.
"The military acted to avert, to correct and to clear the way for full democracy with the center of gravity where it should be — in Parliament and the people," said Jehangir Karamat, a retired general and former Pakistani ambassador to Washington, in an article for Spearheadresearch.org, his Web site.
But the Democrats said they had also acted to avert a partisan feud that would delay the military-spending measure, which is needed to finance the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other national security programs through Sept. 30.
How have Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee acted to avert an investigation?
President Obama defended the military assault in Libya, pledging a "limited" American role and saying the allies acted to avert a massacre in Benghazi.
In the wake of Thursday's attack on peaceful demonstrators in the capital Manama's Pearl Roundabout, which left at least four dead and hundreds injured, claims by Bahrain's ruling family that the police acted to avert a "sectarian abyss" have a hollow ring.
"Today, we will act to avert this crisis, but informed by our experience of the past eight years with the failed economic leadership that has left us left capable of meeting the challenges of the future.
