avoid

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avoid Definition

• (v) stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
• (v) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let''s avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
• (v) refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife''s memoires"
• (v) refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
• (v) declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

avoid Synonyms

• annul
• avert
• avoid
• debar
• deflect
• fend off
• head off
• invalidate
• keep off
• nullify
• obviate
• quash
• stave off
• void
• ward off