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Avoiding

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Avoiding"

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Word	Definition
keep offverb	(ambitransitive) To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).
keep fromverb	To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from.
avertverb	(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
stave offverb	(idiomatic) To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
debarverb	(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.
obviateverb	(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
nullifyverb	To make of no use or value; to cancel out.
annulverb	(transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.
ward offverb	(transitive) To avert or prevent.
invalidateverb	To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
head offverb	(transitive) To avoid the undesirable consequences of; to prevent.
quashverb	To defeat decisively, to suppress.
deflectverb	(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
fend offverb	To defend against; to repel with force or effort
voidverb	(transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
abstain fromverb	—
desist fromverb	—
refrain fromverb	—
eschewverb	(transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
avoidancenoun	The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.