ENCOUNTERING Antonyms

• the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

• not able to be found

• nonexistent

• used of a height or viewpoint

• being all around the edges; enclosing

• 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

• 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

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• escape, either physically or mentally

• practice evasion

• use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid

• refuse to acknowledge

• bar from attention or consideration

• fail to notice

• give little or no attention to

• be ignorant of or in the dark about

• a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)