Synonym: avert, avoid, debar, deflect, eliminate, fend off, head off, rid of, stave off, ward off. Similar words: obvious, obviously, deviate, satiate, alleviate, vitiate, mediate, negotiate. Meaning: ['ɑbvɪeɪt /'ɒb-] 
v. 1. do away with 2. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.
v. 1. do away with 2. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. 
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31 Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of retrobulbar injection of chlorpromazine so as to obviate pain of the patients.
32 This deferral would obviate pressure on the rouble exchange rate.
33 I hope this contribution will obviate any need for further collections of funds.
More similar words: obvious, obviously, deviate, satiate, alleviate, vitiate, mediate, negotiate, initiate, humiliate, infuriate, repudiate, affiliate, irradiate, associate, immediate, abbreviate, enunciate, emaciated, appreciate, humiliated, repatriate, affiliated, associated, conciliate, repudiated, asphyxiate, expatriate, depreciate, ingratiate.