Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Participating in is an antonym for avoid.
Participating in
Both terms in one sentence
- That's because she's trying to avoid her past, or rather, avoid the memory of her father, Major Julian Ramírez-Arellano, who had a Fate Worse Than Death due to a severe case of PTSD after participating in the Iraq War.
Source: Cerebus Retcon -
In The Magnificent Seven, Lee, played by Robert Vaughn is a gunfighter who has lost his nerve and usually tries to hide from participating in any of the shootouts in order to avoid being killed.
Source: Redemption Equals Death -
Thomas and Lang dread participating in the war, but they can't avoid it.
Source: Series / Downton Abbey
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