The phrase "averting threats" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to the act of preventing something dangerous or unpleasant from taking place. For example: "The international community has taken measures to avert the most serious threats to global security."
LONDON — Regulators in the United States and Britain introduced a plan on Monday for averting threats to financial stability when large, cross-border financial institutions fail.
Anderson's report, published on Friday, said bulk powers "play an important part in identifying, understanding and averting threats in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and further afield".
The exchanges came as the gap in America's trade in goods and services rose to a record $16.77 billion in August.See article: The WTO's next bossAmerica signed an agreement with South Korea over improving access to the South Korean car market, averting threats of sanctions against car imports to America.
On the controversial matter of bulk collection (aka mass surveillance) Anderson argues such powers play an important role for UK security services in "identifying, understanding and averting threats in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and further afield", adding that "where alternative methods exist, they are often less effective, more dangerous, more resource-intensive, more intrusive or slower".
Liberals who are concerned with ways of protecting (and realizing) liberty in some form and averting threats to it view the rule of law as an overarching source of security.
The better the EP, the more comfortable we can be with nearby ice and the more confident we can be about the escort vessel's ability to avert threats.
He also instructed and authorized state police "to utilize all lawful means to monitor and avert threats within the State of Louisiana" if notified of Syrian refugees already living in the state.
We can only hope that the politicians huddled in Washington and Brussels succeed in averting these threats.
The Federation of Catholic Teachers reached a tentative contract agreement with the archdiocese last week, averting the threat of a larger walkout.
These Palestinians would not have the option to become Israeli citizens, therefore averting the threat to the Jewish and democratic status of Israel by a growing Palestinian population.
Talks aimed at averting the threat of disruption to deliveries of beers, lagers and soft drinks to pubs, clubs and thousands of other sites will be held today.
