The phrase "avert a threat" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing actions taken to prevent or avoid a potential danger or risk.
Example: "The government implemented new security measures to avert a threat to national safety."
Alternatives: "prevent a threat" or "ward off a threat".
Given the new atmosphere created in America by the atrocities of September 11th, there has never been much doubt that Mr Bush could collect the support of Congress for action to avert a threat described in these terms.
It continues under President Nicolas Sarkozy, a devoted interventionist, who made his reputation as finance minister by bailing out Alstom, a large engineering firm, and encouraging a merger between the drug companies Aventis and Sanofi in order to avert a threat of foreign takeover.
Pelosi was making a point, not averting a threat.
Mobilization Strategy or Maxi-Mini is based on the strengths of the hospital that can deal with the threats of the environment and the possibility of mobilizing its strengths to avert a perceived threat or even transform this threat into an opportunity.
What's surprising about nations acting together to avert a common threat is that it runs counter to so much of what we know of human nature.
Inability to be proactive is also evidenced in the way the government adapts a last-minute rush to put structures in many counties to avert a possible threat of El Nino flood; a time when many government employees have not been paid salaries (e.g. teachers and members of parliament) and total public debt owed stands at Kshs.2.84 trillion.2.84 trillion
Anonymous donations from fans of Hereford, and other clubs, helped the club raise sufficient funds to avert a winding-up threat brought by Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over the non-payment of a £36,800 PAYE bill.
In January, DTRA, a Pentagon agency charged with a wide range of security tasks, including trying to spot and avert a possible bioterror threat, laid out the challenge: Find a radically faster and more accurate way to identify the species and genes in raw DNA.
That averted a fresh threat of government shutdown.
Averting a wider threat "We have a very narrow window of opportunity to eradicate polio from India because of climate change," said Dr. Larry Brilliant, 'Chief Philanthropy Evangelist' at Google.org.org
Harris tries to refute our claim that it is easier to harm than to benefit by citing cases in which someone has saved a great number of lives by averting a serious threat, such as Schuringa's courageous action (pp. 106 7).
