10
deflected(verb, used, dissuaded)
7
avoided(verb, avoided)
6
diverted(verb, adjective, restrained, stopped, checked)
4
prevented(verb, dissuaded)
4
shunned(verb, avoided)
3
barred(verb, defended, dissuaded)
3
deterred(verb, dissuaded)
3
sidestepped(verb, avoided)
2
abstained(verb, avoided)
2
defended(verb, defended)
2
discouraged(verb, dissuaded)
2
dissuaded(verb, dissuaded)
2
eluded(verb, avoided)
2
evaded(verb, avoided)
2
fended(verb, defended)
2
forestalled
2
inhibited(verb, dissuaded)
2
obviated
2
precluded
2
restrained(verb, dissuaded)
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