avert (something) (away) from

To distract or divert something from someone or something else. I will do my best to avert all attention away from you at the party, don't worry. I knew I wasn't meant to be a doctor when I had to avert my eyes from every blood draw.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cybele	SIB-ə-lee (English)	Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Altantsetseg	-	Mongolian
Adlai	AD-lay (English), AD-lie (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Patya	-	Russian
Dagfinn	-	Norwegian, Danish
Iolanthe	ie-ə-LAN-thee (English)	Various