OBVIATES Synonyms

• a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

• a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)

• a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

• avoid something unpleasant or laborious

• act in opposition to

• oppose or check by a counteraction

• oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• place restrictions on

• terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

• terminate, end, or take out

• get rid of something

• kill in large numbers

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

• eliminate from the body

• remove from a contest or race

• remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

• make politically neutral and thus inoffensive

• make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

• oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• make incapable of military action

• make chemically neutral

• (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent

• a small drink of liquor

• the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

• the property of being moderately cold

• a tart spicy quality

• a small sharp bite or snip

• squeeze tightly between the fingers

• give a small sharp bite to

• sever or remove by pinching or snipping

• declare invalid

• show to be invalid

• make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

• keep from happening or arising; make impossible

• stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• turn away or aside

• stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• refrain from doing something

• refrain from certain foods or beverages

• declare invalid

• bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• prevent from entering; keep out

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

• turn aside and away from an initial or intended course

• draw someone's attention away from something

• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

• terminate, end, or take out

• get rid of something

• kill in large numbers

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

• eliminate from the body

• remove from a contest or race

• remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• get rid of something

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off