Avoid and Intrude

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Avoid

Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
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Intrude is an antonym for avoid.
Nearby Words: avoided, avoidance, avoidable, avoiding, avoidably

Intrude

Intrude verb - To interest oneself in what is not one's concern.
Usage example: the story of a would-be matchmaker who intrudes into the lives of her friends
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Avoid is an antonym for intrude.
Nearby Words: intrusive, intrusion, intruder, intruding
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people avoid people intrude people
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