AVOID

• (verb) stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

  "Her former friends now avoid her"

• (verb) refrain from certain foods or beverages

  "I keep off drugs", "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"

  synonyms : keep off

• (verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

  "Let's avoid a confrontation", "head off a confrontation", "avert a strike"

  synonyms : avert , debar , deflect , fend off , forefend , forfend , head off , obviate , stave off , ward off

• (verb) refrain from doing something

  "She refrains from calling her therapist too often", "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"

• (verb) declare invalid

  "The contract was annulled", "void a plea"

  synonyms : annul , invalidate , nullify , quash , void

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