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Example :: Example (n.) That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.

Fly :: Fly (v. t.) To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.

Shirk :: Shirk (v. i.) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away..

Unavoidable :: Unavoidable (a.) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.

Crossroad :: Crossroad (n.) A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.

Parry :: Parry (v. t.) To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.

Escape :: Escape (v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger..

Quietly :: Quietly (adv.) Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils..

Tag :: Tag (v.) A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched..

Trimmer :: Trimmer (n.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header..

Solicitous :: Solicitous (v. t.) Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful..

Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters..

Like :: Like (v. i.) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, a..

Evitable :: Evitable (a.) Avoidable.

Wink :: Wink (v. i.) To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at..

Tropist :: Tropist (n.) One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech..

Near :: Near (adv.) So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape..

Devitation :: Devitation (n.) An avoiding or escaping; also, a warning..

Discreet :: Discreet (superl.) Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.

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