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obviate

verb

• rid of
• eliminate
• debar
• deflect
• avert
• head off
• stave off
• fend off
• avoid
• ward off
• forbid
• foreclose
• forestall
• preclude
• prevent

antonyms

• necessitate

sounds kind of like

• obadiah
• obit
• obovate
• off-day
• off-white
• offbeat
• oft
• ophidia
• ophidiidae
• opiate
• opt
• opt out
• ovate
• ovid
• oviedo
• ovoid

rhymes with

• abbreviate
• affiliate
• alleviate
• appreciate
• delineate
• depreciate
• deviate
• differentiate
• emaciate
• enunciate
• excoriate
• expatriate
• expiate
• expropriate
• foliate
• glaciate
• humiliate
• infuriate
• ingratiate
• initiate
• irradiate
• mediate
• misappropriate
• nauseate
• negotiate
• officiate
• permeate
• recreate
• renegotiate
• repatriate
• repudiate
• retaliate
• substantiate