evasive
adjective
, -ziv, ē-\
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Authorities called Jeffrey Johnson a hero for his evasive action to avoid striking other cars. — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Widow of truck driver files lawsuit over fiery I-94 truck crash in Racine County," 28 June 2019 Aircraft could press their attacks, not taking evasive action, knowing that a weapon like SHiELD protects them. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "U.S. Fighter Jets Could Soon Be Armed With Lasers," 6 May 2019 United Nations officials and diplomats from donor nations are often evasive on the judging criteria. — Ehsanullah Amiri, WSJ, "Afghanistan’s Elections Shrink in Face of Violence," 18 Oct. 2018 So there is no need for a feedback mechanism for fruit flies to perform their evasive maneuvers as quickly as possible. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "This nifty flying robot can hover, bank, and turn as deftly as a fruit fly," 13 Sep. 2018 We will be surrounded by the consequences of our actions — thousands of tiny, resistant, evasive cockroaches, bed bugs, lice, houseflies and fleas. — Rob Dunn, Discover Magazine, "Our Attempts to Eradicate Insects are Just Making them Resistant to Pesticides," 16 Nov. 2018 The mistake prompted emergency collision alerts in both cockpits and ground radars, and the Lion Air jet took evasive action. — Robert Wall, WSJ, "Lion Air Crash Puts Boeing’s Popular 737 Max in Spotlight," 29 Oct. 2018 Keith Elder, the tour bus driver took evasive action to avoid hitting the disabled car and its driver, who was ejected. — Fox News, "3 people killed, 24 injured after multi-vehicle crash involving tour bus in New Mexico," 2 Oct. 2018 Theoretically, this item will provide players with more evasive and offensive maneuvers that are capable of providing quick exits, higher ground, or more pathways toward the enemy. — Patricia Hernandez, The Verge, "Fortnite’s rift-to-go patch hides a bunch of cool stuff," 23 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'evasive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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Legal Definition of evasive
Note: Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(4), an evasive or incomplete answer to an interrogatory or to a question at a deposition is treated as a failure to answer and may be subject to an opponent's motion to compel an answer.
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