obviate

Found in thesaurus: forestall, prevent, foreclose, preclude, forbid
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obviate
v. remove an obstacle in advance; prevent; eliminate or deal with a potential problem or hardship

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obviate

Verb
1. do away with
(synonym) rid of, eliminate
(antonym) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
(hyponym) preclude, rule out, close out
(derivation) obviation, forestalling, preclusion
2. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
(synonym) debar, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
(hypernym) prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
(derivation) obviation, forestalling, preclusion


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obviar
v. obviate, remove an obstacle in advance

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Obviate
(v. t.)
To meet in the way.
  
 
(v. t.)
To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going.
  

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obviate
v. a.
باز رکھنا, روکنا, مانع ہونا, ہٹانا, بچانا, دور کرنا, دفع کرنا, ٹالنا, تدارک کرنا, توڑ کرنا