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obviate

British pronunciation/ˈɒbvɪˌe‍ɪt/
American pronunciation/ˈɑbviˌeɪt/
to obviate
[VERB]
MAIN VERB
1

to keep an undesirable situation or a problem from happening

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2

do away with

synonyms : eliminate
rid of
antonyms : necessitate
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Examples
1. We obviated that in this episode.
2. One of the problems of the empire was obviated, however.
3. Thus obviating the need to ever manually cycle the slide.
4. It doesn't obviate peace.
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