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avoid [avoided, avoided, avoiding, avoids]▼((law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate)verb[UK: ə.ˈvɔɪd] [US: ə.ˌvɔɪd]
fend off▼(to ward off, drive (something) away, defend against)verb[UK: fend ɒf] [US: ˈfend ˈɒf]
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