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avoid
1. v. to try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
2. v. to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
I try to avoid the company of gamblers.
3. v. To try not to do something or to have something happen
4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
5. v. (transitive, now legal) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
6. v. (transitive, legal) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
8. v. (transitive, obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
9. v. (transitive, obsolete) To get rid of.
10. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
11. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant.

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Example Sentences

I hope we can avoid that.  You can't always avoid problems.  Here is a list of things you should avoid eating.  I'm sorry, but I couldn't avoid it.  There are a lot of problems we can't avoid.

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