The phrase "avoid calamity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing strategies or actions taken to prevent disaster or misfortune.
Example: "To ensure the safety of our community, we must take proactive measures to avoid calamity during natural disasters."
Alternatives: "prevent disaster" or "avert misfortune".
That might be better understood since 2012, when the European Central Bank said it would do "whatever it takes" to avoid calamity.
But it is having to pay a sizeable premium even on these.To avoid calamity, the finance ministry will try to make private placements of debt with international banks.
Molly looks at Ben in a new way, realizing that she had married him because she wanted someone who managed to avoid calamity, who could carry her with him through a life of inconsequence.
Weather forecasting is supposed to help people avoid calamity, but there came a point in Monday's coverage when the purpose of the updates seemed to be to guarantee that calamity would prevail.
After we met last year I feared that her frank views about, for instance, the way certain US artists engage with their fans, would get Lorde in trouble – to the point where some light media training might help her avoid calamity.
He's telling us how to live when he's gone, how to perform God's will, so that we will avoid calamity and live a good life.
This approach needs rapid implementation around the world to avoid calamities like that threatened in Ecuador.
Her "words" were then interpreted by a priest to help a suppliant find a way to avoid calamities, especially death.
But even the best of them acknowledge that the technique is an important advance that has helped avoid calamities.
Avoiding calamity will also take a liberal political narrative.
Ms. Capolino, unlike those more directly affected by the collapse, said she felt lucky to have avoided calamity and decided to seize the moment.
