avoid
Verb
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Stay clear from;
Keep away from;
Keep out of the way of someone or something (synset 200813037)"Her former friends now avoid her"subtypes:- circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- escape, miss - fail to experience
- escape, get away, get by, get off, get out - escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- bypass, get around, go around, short-circuit - avoid something unpleasant or laborious
- keep off, stay off - refrain from entering or walking onto
- shirk - avoid dealing with
- shy away from - avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task
- eschew, shun - avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
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Prevent the occurrence of;
Prevent from happening (synset 202458770)"Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" -
Refrain from doing something (synset 202468933)
"She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"
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Refrain from certain foods or beverages (synset 201192356)
"I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"same as: keep off
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Declare invalid (synset 202483482)
"The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"is a type of: cancel, strike down - declare null and void; make ineffectivesubtypes:
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