avoid or ban as taboo
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tabooingavoid or ban as taboo
tabooedavoid or ban as taboo
antinoisedesigned to reduce or ban excessively loud sound, as of jet engines or traffic
wordwritten or printed character or combination of characters representing a spoken word the number of words to a line sometimes used with the first letter of a real or pretended taboo word prefixed as an often humorous euphemism the first man to utter the f word on British TV Time we were not afraid to use the d word and talk about death Erma Bombeck
temporizeto delay so as to gain time or to avoid making a decision
temporiseto delay so as to gain time or to avoid making a decision
runoutact or instance of running away so as to abandon or avoid something
equivocatedUse ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself
malingeredto pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)
equivocatingUse ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself
equivocatesUse ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself
equivocateUse ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself
temporizedTEMPORIZE, to delay so as to gain time or to avoid making a decision
temporisedTEMPORISE, to delay so as to gain time or to avoid making a decision
weavesdirect (as the body) in a winding or zigzag course especially to avoid obstacles
temporizingTEMPORIZE, to delay so as to gain time or to avoid making a decision
temporizesTEMPORIZE, to delay so as to gain time or to avoid making a decision
temporisesTEMPORISE, to delay so as to gain time or to avoid making a decision
temporisingTEMPORISE, to delay so as to gain time or to avoid making a decision
recuseto withdraw from a position of judging so as to avoid any semblance of partiality or bias
recusingto withdraw from a position of judging so as to avoid any semblance of partiality or bias
abscondingLeave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft
tuneto adjust a radio or television set so as to stop or avoid receiving (a station or channel)
abscondsLeave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft
duckingLower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or so as not to be seen
discretionThe quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information
zappingavoid watching (as a television commercial) by changing channels especially with a remote control or by fast-forwarding a videotape
bookdone or performed for cash or without keeping full business records: esp. as a way to avoid paying income tax, employment benefits, etc.
cookto manipulate the financial records of a company, organization, etc., so as to conceal profits, avoid taxes, or present a false financial report to stockholders
shipto escape from a ship, esp. one in foreign waters or a foreign port, as to avoid further service as a sailor or to request political asylum
anaphorasThe use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they
sickoutorganized absence from work by employees on the pretext of sickness, as to avoid the legal problems or antistrike clauses that would be invoked in the case of a formal strike
doed as a substitute verb to avoid repetition wanted to run and play as children do used especially in British English following a modal auxiliary or perfective have a great many people had died, or would do Bruce Chatwin