evade
verb (used with object), e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing.
verb (used without object), e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing.
Origin of evade
Synonym study
Related Words for evade
dodge, hide, deceive, conceal, flee, avoid, sidestep, elude, bypass, escape, circumvent, pussyfoot, shuffle, fence, confuse, waffle, duck, prevaricate, decline, equivocateExamples from the Web for evade
Contemporary Examples of evade
Our mockery of celebworld helps us evade the soul-crushing decadence concealed within.
One gets the sense that they are wearing a mask to confuse their readers, and even to evade them.
They have blocked vehicle access, but pedestrians have managed to evade them.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in IraqNathan Bradley Bethea
August 31, 2014
Powers had no chance to evade it, and bailed out as his U-2 spun down to earth.
He managed to evade capture by American and Iraqi forces and has been in hiding pretty much since then.
Historical Examples of evade
He tried to evade immediate payment, but on this point his creditor was peremptory.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
Manlike, having raised the issue, K. would have given much to evade it.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
"You are trying to evade me, Mr. Hewson," she said, with a severity he found charming.
Questionable ShapesWilliam Dean Howells
It is of no use for us to think to evade this law; neither is it a law wholly of retribution.
Hetty's Strange HistoryAnonymous
In his nobler moods he feels that this is but to evade the difficulty.
BunyanJames Anthony Froude