Avoid

You usually avoid him like the plague (= try hard to avoid him). 3 AVOID to deliberately not do something, especially something wrong, dangerous, or harmful There are ways of legally avoiding taxes. Avoid doing something You should avoid over-spending in the first half of the year. Grammar Avoid is followed by an -ing form, not an.

Woody block puzzle game. These attachments, first invented by Jeremiah Howard, and described in the United States Patent Journal in 1858, are simply hydraulic rams fitted into the side or top caps of the mill, and pressing against the side or top brasses in such a manner as to allow the side or top roll to move away from the other rolls, while an accumulator, weighted to any desired extent, keeps a constant pressure on each of the rams. Through a simple agreement, \' conditions which make for peace and prosperity, and the absence of those which so often lead to disastrous war, have for nearly a century reigned over these great inland waters, whose commerce, conducted for the benefit of the states and nations of Europe and America, rivals that which passes through the Suez Canal or over the Mediterranean Sea, and with a result foreshadowed in these words of President Monroe in his communication to the Senate commending the proposed agreement: ` In order to avoid collision and save expense.\' ' Owners of ships or vessels who can prove that they have sacrificed an anchor, a net or other fishing-gear in order to avoid injuring a submarine cable shall receive compensation from the owner of the cable,\' and \' in order to establish a claim to such compensation a statement supported by the evidence of the crew should whenever possible be drawn up immediately after the occurrence and the master must within twenty-four hours after his return to or next putting into port make a declaration to the proper authorities \' (art. In Bohemia the Czechs were very active; while the Poles were parading their hostility to Russia in such a manner as to cause the emperor to avoid visiting Galicia, some of the Czech leaders attended a Slav demonstration at Moscow, and in 1868 they drew up and presented to the diet at Prague a \' declaration \' which has since been regarded as the official statement of their claims.

They asked for the full restoration of the Bohemian kingdom; they contended that no foreign assembly was qualified to impose taxes in Bohemia; that the diet was not qualified to elect representatives to go to Vienna, and that a separate settlement must be made with Bohemia similar to that with Hungary. It is reported that Mahmud marched through Ajmere to avoid the desert of Sind; that he found the Hindus gathered on the neck of the peninsula of Somnath in defence of their holy city; that the battle lasted for two days; that in the end the Rajput warriors fled to their boats, while the Brahman priests retired into the inmost shrine; that Mahmud, introduced into this shrine, rejected all entreaties by the Brahmans to spare their idol, and all offers of ransom; that he smote the image with his club, and forthwith a fountain of precious stones gushed out.

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• verb

Synonyms for avoid

prevent

Synonyms

• defend against

refrain from

Synonyms

• refrain from
• duck (out of)
• shirk from

elude

Synonyms

• hide from
• keep away from
• keep aloof from

keep away from

Synonyms

• keep away from
• body-swerve
• give a wide berth to

Synonyms for avoid

to keep away from

Synonyms for avoid

stay clear from

prevent the occurrence of

refrain from certain foods or beverages

declare invalid

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