avoids

misses

averts, deflects, diverts, obviates, parries, prevents, wards (off)

bans, bars, debars, eliminates, excepts, excludes, precludes, rules out

bypasses, circumvents, skirts

foils, foxes, frustrates, outfoxes, outsmarts, outwits, overreaches, thwarts

countermands, overrides, overrules, overturns, vetoes

aborts, calls, calls off, drops, recalls, retracts, reverses, revokes, suspends, withdraws

bans, enjoins, forbids, outlaws, prohibits

disallows, dismisses, rejects

annihilates, breaks down, eliminates, eradicates, erases, liquidates, removes, throws out, writes off