If you avoid a person or thing, you keep away from them. When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic.

"They managed to avoid the crisis through quick action "; - forefend [archaic], forfend [archaic], obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, ward off

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    There are 17 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb avoid, 13 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

    AVOID definition: to keep away from; keep clear of; shun. See examples of avoid used in a sentence.

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    5 days ago · avoid (third-person singular simple present avoids, present participle avoiding, simple past and past participle avoided) (transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.

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    5 days ago · avoid (third-person singular simple present avoids, present participle avoiding, simple past and past participle avoided) (transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.

  1. to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person. 2. to prevent from happening: to avoid falling. 3. Law. to make void or of no effect; invalidate; annul.
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