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7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb do away with
verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
originFirst attested in 1567; borrowed from Latin obviātus, perfect passive participle of obviō (“to block, to hinder”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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