avert catastrophe

Examples (10)

• The central bank's intervention was crucial to avert an economic catastrophe.
• Diplomats are working around the clock in an attempt to avert catastrophe.
• Scientists urged world leaders to act immediately to avert a climate catastrophe.
• The pilot's quick thinking successfully averted a major catastrophe.
• International cooperation is essential if we hope to avert a global catastrophe.
• Their decisive action narrowly averted what could have been a humanitarian catastrophe.
• We must implement new safety measures to avert a potential catastrophe at the plant.
• For decades, the doctrine of mutual assured destruction arguably averted a nuclear catastrophe.
• If we had listened to the warnings, we might have averted this ecological catastrophe.
• The goal of the negotiations was simple: to avert the catastrophe of war.