| obviate | (verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, stave off, ward off |
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| (verb) get rid of something | Synonyms: eliminate, rid of |
| obviating | (adjective) made impossible | Synonyms: preclusive |
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| obviation | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: forestalling, preclusion |
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| obvious | (adjective) easily perceived and understood | - |
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| obviously | (adverb) unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | Synonyms: apparently, evidently, manifestly, patently, plain, plainly |
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| obviousness | (noun) the property of being easy to see and understand | Synonyms: noticeability, noticeableness, patency |
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