bypass

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Synonyms: bypast, by-pass, by pass

Antonyms: bypast, by-pass, by pass

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Noun

1. A [[road]] that passes around something, such as a [[residential]] [[area]] or [[business]] [[district]].
2. A [[replacement]] road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters ([[earthquake]]s, [[tsunami]]s, [[landslide]]s).
3. [[circumvention|The act of going past or around]].
4. A section of [[pipe]] that conducts a [[fluid]] around some other [[fixture]].
5. An [[electrical]] [[shunt]].
6. {{lb|en|medicine}} An [[alternative]] [[passage]] created to [[divert]] a [[bodily]] [[fluid]] around a [[damaged]] [[organ]]; the [[surgical]] [[procedure]] to [[construct]] such a bypass.

Verb

1. To [[avoid]] an [[obstacle]] etc, by [[construct]]ing or using a [[#Noun|bypass]].
2. To [[ignore]] the usual [[channel]]s or [[procedure]]s.

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