Avoid and Parry

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Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.

Usage example: trying to avoid writing thank-you notes for the gifts he didn't like

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Parry is a synonym for avoid in elude topic. In some cases you can use "Parry" instead a verb "Avoid", when it comes to topics like evade, ward off.

Parry verb - Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).

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Avoid is a synonym for parry in evade topic. You can use "Avoid" instead a verb "Parry", if it concerns topics such as ward off, elude.

Nearby Words: parried, parrying, parr

attention	avoid attention	parry attention
fire	avoid fire	parry fire
attack	avoid attack	parry attack
damage	avoid damage	parry damage
Other words: attacks, bullets, enemies.

Scary on paper, but their attacks are rather predictable and easy to parry or avoid for those who get the timing down, and the dreaded stunlock from their trademark zweihander can be toggle-canceled out of.

Source: Skill Gate Characters aka: Skill Gate Character
This lets them parry blaster bolts (or just avoid the shot instead), strike with unerring accuracy and slice things apart with one blow as standard abilities.

Source: Implausible Fencing Powers
Compare Feel No Pain and No Sell, which are non-gameplay versions of this trope; Knockback Evasion, which requires you to actively parry to avoid knockback; and Invulnerable Attack, which is invincible to everything.

Source: Immune to Flinching

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