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
Ksenia	KSEN-yah	Polish
Kody	KO-dee	English (Modern)
Nicodemus	nik-ə-DEE-məs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Lorelle	-	English (Rare)
Elsa	EL-sə (English), EL-zah (German), EL-sah (Finnish)	English, German, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Italian
Ingomar	-	German, Ancient Germanic