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Verb avoid has 5 senses
- avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
Antonyms: confront, face up, face
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- debar, 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"
--2 is one way to prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- avoid - refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- keep off, avoid - refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
--4 is one way to abstain, refrain, desist
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
--5 is one way to cancel, strike down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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