avoid

verb
To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shunTo keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away fromTo try not to do something or to have something happenTo make empty; to clear.To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).To defeat or evade; to invalidate.To emit or throw out; to void.To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.To get rid of.To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.To become void or vacant.