circumvent
/sur-kum-VENT/verbto find a way around an obstacle or rule
“The app circumvents the block by routing through a proxy.”
- Synonyms
- bypass, evade, sidestep
- Antonyms
- comply, confront
- Root
- circum- (around)
- Memory hook
- circum (around) + vent (come): come around instead of through.
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