Definition of Circumvent

Verb

  • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
    "He dodged the issue"
    "she skirted the problem"
    "They tend to evade their responsibilities"
    "he evaded the questions skillfully"
    - put off
  • beat through cleverness and wit
    "I beat the traffic"
    "She outfoxed her competitors"
  • surround so as to force to give up
    "The Turks besieged Vienna"
    - hem in
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Word games points for the Circumvent

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Unscramble circumvent

292 unscramble word found using the letters circumvent.
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