avoid
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(verb) stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
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Related Words: bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fudge, get around, get away, get by, get off, get out, go around, hedge, keep off, miss, parry, put off, shirk, short-circuit, shun, shy away from, sidestep, skirt, ware |
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Antonyms: confront |
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(verb) refrain from certain foods of beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day" |
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Synonyms: keep off |
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Related Words: abstain, desist, refrain |
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(verb) refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires" |
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Synonyms: abstain from, desist from, forbear from, keep from, refrain from |
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Related Words: abstain, save, shirk, shrink from, spare |
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(verb) declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "avoid a plea" |
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Synonyms: annul, invalidate, nullify, quash, void |
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Related Words: break, cancel |
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(verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" |
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Synonyms: avert, debar, deflect, fend off, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
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Related Words: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent |
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