avoid

IPA: ʌvˈɔɪd

(transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
(transitive) To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
To try not to do something or to have something happen
(transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
(transitive, now law) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
(transitive, law) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
(transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
(transitive, obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
(transitive, obsolete) To get rid of.
(intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
(intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant.

Examples of "avoid" in Sentences

The real trap to avoid is the one where he listens to rightwing goons and their fairytales.
"The one thing we want to avoid is having a single position negatively impact the entire portfolio," he said.
If you are the press secretary to the President of the United States, the main thing to avoid is becoming the story yourself.
The more obvious explanation that Orin clearly wants to avoid is that now that we have President Obama, the government no longer violates the Fourth Amendment.
One of the types I try to avoid is the "married but playful" kind: the ones that are stepping out on their spouses to indulge their preferences on the down-low.
Right, but want you want to avoid is having one bank (Citi, BoA) that is so big that when if it has a crisis all by itself, it takes down every other otherwise healthy bank with it.