The phrase "avert this possibility" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of preventing or avoiding a certain outcome or situation.
Example: "We must take immediate action to avert this possibility before it escalates further."
Alternatives: "prevent this possibility" or "avoid this outcome".
Ms. Riddell, concerned about a possible nuclear crisis, said that either Democratic candidate is "best equipped to avert" this possibility, and that while Mr. McCain is "no George W. Bush," he is still not a "neo-pacifist".
Consequently, to avert this possibility, pro-Greek Epirotes decided to declare their own separate political identity and self-governance.
To avert this possibility, the Epirotes decided to declare their own separate political identity and self-governance.
The group, called the Recording Artists Coalition, filed a brief last week with United States District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, hoping to avert the possibility that Universal artists -- and possibly all recording artists -- will have to file suit against their respective labels challenging copyright claims that could be validated by his ruling on the MP3.com case.
Although sunlight is generally not intense enough to cause this in polar and temperate regions, salt deposits must kept as far as possible from waterways to avert the possibility of cyanide-tainted runoff water entering fisheries or farms.
The players could avert that possibility through legal channels, by dissolving their union and filing an antitrust lawsuit.
Any pope would see it as essential to avert that possibility and if that happens, all liberal bets are off.
But the best way to avert that possibility would be to ensure that the formulas do not deprive some students of their rights.
Mr. Vassallo, the Microsoft executive, said his company's decision to conform to European requests on data retention was meant to avert the possibility of new regulation.
The group has described the suit as "perhaps the last and only opportunity to avert the possibility of an electoral train wreck before it actually occurs".
