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circumvent

British pronunciation/sˈɜːkəmvˌɛnt/
American pronunciation/ˌsɝkəmˈvɛnt/
to circumvent
[VERB]
MAIN VERB
1

to evade a duty, obligation, question, or problem by means of excuses or dishonesty

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2

beat through cleverness and wit

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3

to surround someone or something so as to prevent escape or effective opposition

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Examples
1I circumvented the system.
2I circumvent the system.
3Next we had circumvent.
4Right, and it circumvents the normal quality checks.
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