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Examples of obviate
obviate
Running electric currents through the cable might obviate the need for thrusters.
From the newscientist.com
Either of the suggestions above by HTD would obviate that necessity of rewrite.
From the en.wikipedia.org
These pages are already sufficiently interlinked to obviate the need for a navbox.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Nevertheless the format should be changed to a knock-out to obviate the temptation.
From the economist.com
Good design, which can obviate the need for bigger spaces, is worth the cost.
From the freep.com
All forms are either specifically proximate, or can be either proximate or obviate.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The recent tax increase should not obviate what these bills brought to bear.
From the suntimes.com
This practice was probably adapted initially to obviate disputed succession.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This would obviate the need for a Republican agenda, so one-party rule could prevail.
From the sacbee.com
- Do away with
- Debar: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
- (obviating) preclusive: made impossible
- (obviation) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
- To bypass a requirement or make it unnecessary
- (v) - to anticipate and prevent, to render pointless
- (verb) make unnecessary
