circumvent
/səːkəmˈvɛnt/ verb C2- to avoid or get around something; to bypass
- to surround or besiege
- to outwit or outsmart
He/she/it circumvents · Past circumvented · Past participle circumvented · -ing form circumventing
Verb forms
- Base form
- circumvent
- He/she/it
- circumvents
- Past
- circumvented
- Past participle
- circumvented
- -ing form
- circumventing
From the library
Perhaps it was caused by either the originality or the audacity of the snow-bird hunter, in thus circumventing her express commands against the ordinary modes of communication.
At its core, a sincere expression of remorse demands vulnerability, an uncomfortable state that the human ego meticulously attempts to circumvent.
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