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"Deliberately avoid"2 answers
shun4 letterseschew6 letters
Filled answer is this word (SHUN).
Definitions
avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
Word origin
From Middle English schonen (“to decline to do, avoid, fear”), from Old English sċunian (“to shun, fear, avoid”), of uncertain origin, though probably ultimately connected to the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”) via Proto-Germanic [Term?]; see that entry for more discussion.
Used in a sentence
“Acrophobes shun mountaineering.”
“I'll shun meeting them for as long as possible.”
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01“Deliberately avoid”4 letters
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