Avoid and Dread

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Avoid

Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
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Dread and avoid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dread" instead a verb "Avoid".
Nearby Words: avoided, avoidance, avoidable, avoiding, avoidably

Dread

Dread verb - Be afraid or scared of; be frightened of.
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Avoid and dread are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avoid" instead a verb "Dread".
Nearby Words: dreadful, dreadfully, dreaded, dreading, dreader

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destruction avoid destruction dread destruction
time avoid time dread time
encounters avoid encounters dread encounters

Both words in one sentence

  • Unmoving Plaid Most normally gifted model artists dread, avoid or bodge as best they can, if confronted with the multiplicity of folds and drapes on Scottish military garments.
    Source: Unmoving Plaid
  • Series / Downton Abbey Thomas and Lang dread participating in the war, but they can't avoid it.
    Source: Series / Downton Abbey
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