Definition of "avertable" []

• Preventable. (adjective)

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• "And in some instances, such as the Ethiopian famine, the West addressed this with well-meaning "We Are the World" songs and charity initiatives as if it were some kind of natural catastrophe as opposed to an utterly avertable, man-made tragedy that should have marshaled the world to pressure the Ethiopian despot."
• "Now if only more Haitians living in on $2 a day had ever heard of an iPhone and saved up their money for one instead of foolishly using it to not starve, they too may have survived this iPhone-avertable disaster."
• "These days, mind you, any such government-sponsored warning would be much, much more terrifying and, one presumes, be designed to convince us all that the apocalypse was upon us and yet also - conveniently - avertable."