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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "avoid"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to intentionally stay away from or refuse contact with someone
Transitive: to avoid sb
to avoid definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She avoided her neighbors after their recent argument.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϤāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to keep away from or deliberately not do something
Transitive: to avoid an action or situation
to avoid definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The doctor advised him to avoid excessive sugar intake.
āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āϚāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stop something from taking place or occurring
Transitive: to avoid an undesirable occurrence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She left early to avoid getting caught in the heavy traffic.
āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦ⧈āϧ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cancel or invalidate a legal agreement, decision, or contract
Transitive: to avoid a legal agreement or decision
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The treaty was avoided after evidence of fraud emerged.
āϜāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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