CIRCUMVENT

(verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
"He dodged the issue", "she skirted the problem", "They tend to evade their responsibilities", "he evaded the questions skillfully"
synonyms : dodge , duck , elude , evade , fudge , hedge , parry , put off , sidestep , skirt
She cleverly parried the question with a witty reply. -added by naila_inlas
(verb) beat through cleverness and wit
"I beat the traffic", "She outfoxed her competitors"
synonyms : beat , outfox , outsmart , outwit , overreach
Circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network or account. -added by nithi
(verb) surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna"
synonyms : beleaguer , besiege , hem in , surround
the clown was beleaguered by all the children into doing the peel-slip routine once again. -added by diviya_inlas

Mnemonics for circumvent

(Tag: ) circle + prevent => to form a CIRCLE or a boundary around the target so as to OUTSMART your opponent. lyk abhimanyu did!!!
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(Tag: ) think all knows the story of ganesh who goes around the parents (shiva and parvati circularly) . he outsmarted muruga and got the sacred mango. circum (in a circle) vent (went around) for mango
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(Tag: ) he WENT tru the situation by AVOIDing it
added by chotu9 Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) circum (circle) + vent (went) = he went through the circle of fire!
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(Tag: ) CIRCUM(circular)+VENT(opening)...you have made a circular vent to FIND WAY(solve a problem or a difficulty)....
added by nileshdive Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: shortkut) CIR-CUM-VENT: imagine u r given a problem to solve by your SIR(CIR), u solve it fast and then tell him to COME(CUM0, so that u show him the answer...in short u have outsmarted all ur friends, and are clever
added by mohit26041988 Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) circum+went the person took an indirect path and went to kill the enenmy thus outsmarting him grrrrrrrrrrr......
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