Sentence examples for avert an attack from inspiring English sources

Helping to avert an attack could restore some of its prestige.

Asked whether war was inevitable, Mr. Aziz said it would take a "miracle" to avert an attack.

The plan only became legitimized when Kerry announced that Assad could avert an attack by relinquishing his weapons.

Police officers killed five Macedonian Albanian rebels today and seized illegal weapons in a raid that the interior minister said was intended to avert an attack on the capital, Skopje.

The Russian suggestion that Syria could avert an attack by turning over control of its chemical weapons, which had its roots in an offer by President Vladimir Putin to Mr. Obama last week, is the first real sign of life on the diplomatic side of this crisis.

According to NEMA, the explosion at the prayer ground happened as people were lining up to be searched before entering the area, a measure designed to avert an attack.

In averting an attack on Washington's seats of power, a handful of people shifted the course of history.

A vehicle packed with about half a ton of explosives was seized by police officers today after a chase in northern Israel, averting an attack that, the police said, could have killed and wounded hundreds of people.

3. Force may be used in self-defence if there is an actual or imminent threat of an armed attack; the use of force must be necessary, ie the only means of averting an attack; and the force used must be a proportionate response.

US media coverage has irked the Games' hosts by focusing on security threats, unfinished hotels and other glitches Rogers said physical security in Sochi appeared to be good but added that averting an attack from so-called Black Widow bombers or other militants would hinge on the quality of intelligence available.

On 19 April, the crew of Mongolia sighted a surfaced German U-boat and the gun crew trained aboard Texas opened fire on the U-boat averting an attack on Mongolia and firing the first American shots of World War I.