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Avoid

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Verb

1. avoid

stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

Example Sentences:
'Her former friends now avoid her'

2. avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off

prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

Example Sentences:
'Let's avoid a confrontation'
'head off a confrontation'
'avert a strike'

3. avoid

refrain from doing something

Example Sentences:
'She refrains from calling her therapist too often'
'He should avoid publishing his wife's memories'

4. avoid, keep off

refrain from certain foods or beverages

Example Sentences:
'I keep off drugs'
'During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day'

5. annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void

declare invalid

Example Sentences:
'The contract was annulled'
'void a plea'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Avoid

see synonyms of avoid
verb (transitive)
1. 
to keep out of the way of
2. 
to refrain from doing
3. 
to prevent from happening
to avoid damage to machinery
4. law
to make (a plea, contract, etc) void; invalidate; quash
5. obsolete
to expel
6. obsolete
to depart from

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Avoid

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verb transitive
1. 
to make void; annul, invalidate, or quash (a plea, etc. in law)
2. 
to keep away from; evade; shun
to avoid crowds
3. 
to keep from happening
to avoid breakage
4.  Obsolete
to void; empty
5.  Obsolete
to go away from; leave

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Avoid

see synonyms of avoid
tr.v. a·void·ed, a·void·ing, a·voids
1.
a. To stay clear of; go around or away from: swerve to avoid a pothole.
b. To take measures so as not to meet or see (someone): "He never let go of the idea that she lived out there in order to avoid him" (Elizabeth Benedict).
2. To prevent from happening: You can avoid illness with exercise and a balanced diet.
3.
a. To refrain from using, engaging in, or partaking of: avoid red meat; avoid risky behavior.
b. To refrain from (doing something): It was all we could do to avoid laughing at the remark.
4. Law To annul or make void; invalidate.
5. Obsolete To void or expel.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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