Turning+aside

  • 91shunt — ʃʌnt n. act of turning aside, act of diverting; bypass, device used to divert an electrical current (Electricity); railroad switch; channel created to divert bodily fluids away from a particular part of the body (Surgery) v. shift, divert;… …

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  • 92shunted — ʃʌnt n. act of turning aside, act of diverting; bypass, device used to divert an electrical current (Electricity); railroad switch; channel created to divert bodily fluids away from a particular part of the body (Surgery) v. shift, divert;… …

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  • 93shunting — shunt·ing || ʃʌntɪŋ n. shifting, diverting; altering of a course; act of moving onto a side track; creation of a channel designed to divert bodily fluids away from a particular body part (Surgery) ʃʌnt n. act of turning aside, act of… …

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  • 94shunts — ʃʌnt n. act of turning aside, act of diverting; bypass, device used to divert an electrical current (Electricity); railroad switch; channel created to divert bodily fluids away from a particular part of the body (Surgery) v. shift, divert;… …

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  • 95unswerving — un·swerv·ing || ÊŒn swÉœrvɪŋ / swɜːv adj. steady, not fickle; straight, not turning aside …

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  • 96diversion — n. 1. Turning aside, diverting. 2. Amusement, recreation, pastime, sport, play, entertainment, relaxation, divertisement …

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  • 97Abwenden — German ( turning aside ) To “ward off” a blow as with a deflecting strike …

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  • 98dodge — vb Dodge, parry, sidestep, duck, shirk, fence, malinger are comparable when meaning to avoid or evade by some maneuver or shift. Dodge implies quickness of movement or a sudden evasive shift of position (as in avoiding a blow or pursuit) {they… …

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  • 99frustrate — frustrate, thwart, foil, baffle, balk, circumvent, outwit mean either to defeat a person attempting or hoping to achieve an end or satisfy a desire or, in some cases, to defeat another s desire. To frustrate is to make vain or ineffectual all… …

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  • 100abstinence — n 1. teetotalism, nephalism, temperance, sobriety, soberness; prohibition, blue ribbonism; Rechabitism. 2. abstention, nonindulgence, abstemiousness, moderation, continence, celibacy, fasting; Puritanism, austerity, self mortification, self… …

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