obviate

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Sorry to be pedantic here, but I don't think that "obviate" is at all what you meant here.

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Quick take

do away with

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of obviate gathered in one view.

verb

do away with

verb

prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for obviate.

verb

do away with

verb

prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

Example sentences

Sorry to be pedantic here, but I don't think that "obviate" is at all what you meant here.

These two forces are enough to obviate the vast majority of the domestic work force.

There's also major land use issues, which get expensive in CA. His idea that putting it along the middle of the freeway will obviate these is not credible.

I'll grant you that it's more important to have a password be difficult to guess, but that doesn't obviate the importance of it also being easy to remember.

In fact, that seems to be the entire point: to be mean spirited and obviate any responsibility by claiming to support a charity.

Also, autonomous cars will eventually obviate the need for a traffic cop in the aforementioned scenario.

Whether or not my property is secure might be a matter of insurance liability, but does not obviate me from the expectation that others will respect my property rights.

This recommendation would require carriers to provide unlocks themselves rather than making hackers do it, which would be much better for unlockers, but obviate the need for circumvention.

More relevant questions:- Why don't we stop subsidizing corn so much?- Why don't we teach effective nutrition and cooking in school?- Why don't we teach effective exercise, sports, and fitness in schools?- If we can ban alcohol and tobacco sales to children, why not things like added sugar, hydrogenated oils, corn syrup, etc?- If we can ban alcohol and tobacco advertising to children, why not products with added sugar, hydrogenated oils, corn syrup, etc?- Why don't we limit advertising on fast and junk "food"?- Why don't we provide healthy lunches to school children instead of using them to subsidize agricultural conglomerates for low quality food?- Why don't we stop subsidizing fossil fuels so much so people would walk and ride bikes more?- Why don't we align our medical system with prevention instead of expensive and risky cures?You can come up with plenty more questions that would mostly obviate the need to wonder about obesity and wonder drugs to cure it.