Avoid and Shuffle

Avoid

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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Shuffle and avoid are semantically related In some cases you can use "Shuffle" instead a verb "Avoid".

Shuffle verb - To move heavily or clumsily.

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Avoid and shuffle are semantically related in evade topic. Sometimes you can use "Avoid" instead a verb "Shuffle".

Nearby Words: shuffling, shuffled, shuffler

avoid people

shuffle people

In the John Carter of Mars series, the Green Martians shuffle their eggs upon laying, in order to avoid emotional attachments to them, seeing as their society actively disdains love and kindness.

Source: Abusive Alien Parents
In Hogwarts Shuffle Harry is trying to avoid the girls in his life and gets a bit paranoid in his reasoning.

Source: I Know You Know I Know
One episode had two planets who tried to avoid MAD by simulating a nuclear war and having the people who died in the simulation shuffle into suicide booths, but leaving the infrastructure and environment intact.

Source: Mutually Assured Destruction

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