Avoid
Avoid verb - To put an end to by formal action.
Usage example: asked the court to avoid the contract because it was signed under duress
Validate
Validate verb - Declare or make legally valid.
Common collocations
| people | avoid people | validate people |
| marriage | avoid marriage | validate marriage |
| death | avoid death | validate death |
| destruction | avoid destruction | validate destruction |
| Other words: battles. | ||
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Validate and Avoid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/validate
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