obviate
verb (used with object)
to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary.
had obviated
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past perfectof obviate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Sidney Hillman, labor half of the late Knudsenhillman, announcing his retirement from Government service, proudly reassured the country that his farsighted 1940-41 training program had obviated the danger.
From Time Magazine Archive
But M. Dolland, an optician, reflecting that the very same difficulty must have presented itself to the Maker of the eye, determined to ascertain how he had obviated it.
From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Robert Patterson
It was noon, and the sun was shining in full splendour, much to the annoyance of Mr Flosky, who had obviated the inconvenience by closing the shutters, and drawing the window-curtains.
From Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock
Better for their reputations if they had obviated the necessity of writing it.
From The Tragedy of St. Helena by Walter Runciman
But there was not a sound; the rubber cushion had obviated that.
From The Wolf's Long Howl by Stanley Waterloo
