Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Clear
Clear verb - To rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Echo Night: Beyond featured fog that made the ghosts you were trying to help very hostile, forcing you to try and find ways to avoid or clear it out.
Source: Ominous Fog -
A clear example is Belthasar from Chrono Trigger, who built the Epoch which would allow anyone to travel back in time and avoid the Earth's destruction by Lavos.
Source: Sole Surviving Scientist - Rek makes it clear that he's giving them this option in order to avoid forcing brave men to choose between death and dishonour.
Source: Line in the Sand
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