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Noun
S:
(n)
beltway
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bypass
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ring road
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ringway
(a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center)
S:
(n)
bypass
(a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part))
S:
(n)
shunt
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electrical shunt
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bypass
(a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current)
Verb
S:
(v)
bypass
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short-circuit
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go around
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get around
(avoid something unpleasant or laborious)
"You cannot bypass these rules!"
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