I gave in to it- saving the child Bane's life when his death would have averted the tragedies that followed.

I believe his death has averted any immediate threat of revolt.

Many years later, Mountbatten stated that if he had known Jinnah was so ill, he would have stalled, hoping Jinnah's death would avert partition.

He was strangled,' he said, 'because the Druids believed his death might avert a Roman victory.

Furthermore, he suggested that had Poddar's psychologist maintained confidentiality, instead of alerting the police, Poddar might have remained in counseling and Ms. Tarasoff's death averted through Poddar's psychological treatment.

Before that there had been tensions between Batu and Güyük that could have erupted into an open war, but the premature death of the latter averted hostilities.

The US EPA estimates allowing a ground-level ozone concentration of 65 parts per billion, would avert 1,700 to 5,100 premature deaths nationwide in 2020 compared with the current 75-ppb standard.

These percentages translate into 29 million new infections and 10 million deaths averted between 2004 and 2020.

Socrates quietly refused, his death averted only by the overthrow of the Tyrants soon afterwards.

"Only Stalin's death, and the following thaw, averted this fate."