Verb

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