OBVIATE
(verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
"Let's avoid a confrontation", "head off a confrontation", "avert a strike"
synonyms : avert , avoid , debar , deflect , fend off , forefend , forfend , head off , stave off , ward off(verb) do away with
synonyms : eliminate , rid ofThe laser treatment obviates the need for surgery. -added by naila_inlas
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Mnemonics for obviate
(Tag: ) obviate - viate sounds like deviate, deviate yourself from something unnecessary to you...
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(Tag: ) ob+viate .. viate can be rhymed with void.. and making void means removing something.. hence getting rid of..
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(Tag: ) obviate = ob-'prevent' + viate 'via [=way]' prevent the way ~ we don't go that way
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(Tag: English) if it is obvious you can obviate it easily (you can prevent it), obvious and obviate sound similar
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(Tag: ) Obviate : A-void-it
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(Tag: ) OBVIously i ATE poison bcoz i wanted to GET RID OF my life..!!!!!!............:D
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(Tag: ) ob = obese ate = eat obese person avoids to eat
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(Tag: ) Relate it with "obvious"...
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(Tag: global) ob+viate(sounds like violate) which means get rid off something.
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(Tag: obliviate) obviate sounds like obliviate spell in harry potter which is used to remove the memory of someone so get rid of
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(Tag: ) obviate=obvious+ate a necessary thing is obvious and to eat it makes it unnecessary
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(Tag: ) ob+vi+ate--- if we are OBese(fat) then VI(we) should be OB(against) ATE(eating), i.e., we should PREVENT AND AVOID eating too much
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