bypass
has definitions from the fields of transportation,anatomy,zoology,surgery,physics,electricity
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[ verb ] avoid something unpleasant or laborious
Synonyms Examples "You cannot bypass these rules!" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans],...)Barnett , as the titular head of the Democratic_party , apparently must make the move to reestablish relations with the national Democratic_party or see a movement come from the loyalist ranks to completely bypass him as a party functionary . (The Philadelphia Inquirer,...)By-passing the military junta which has ruled Turkey since the overthrow of Premier_Adnan_Menderes 17 months ago , the army general_staff , led by Gen._Cedvet_Sunay , had set a deadline for the parties to join in a national coalition government . (The Christian Science Monitor...)It is ironic that Washington is having to struggle so for a concept that for six years it bypassed as unreasonable . (Anne McCaffrey, "The Ship Who Sang," 7th...)She would work_out a method , by-passing her limitations , whereby she could sing . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (transportation) a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town
Synonyms Used in print (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)The drive along Massachusetts ' Route_128 , the by-pass which makes an arc about twenty miles from downtown Boston , may be a vision of the future . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (physics,electricity) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology,surgery) a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
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