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Discover LudwigThe phrase "been averted" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used to describe a situation where a disaster or negative outcome was prevented or avoided. Example: Thanks to the quick thinking of the firefighters, the fire has been averted and minimal damage was done to the building.
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Has disaster been averted?
Could the tragedy at sea been averted?
Chaos in the markets has been averted!
"It could have been averted," he said flatly.
Only through an international effort had disaster been averted.
Grexit may have been averted but it is a short-term, and short-sighted solution.
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— has been averted.
Costs are averted when complications are averted (15).
The crisis was averted.
But disaster was averted!
One crisis was averted.
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