obviate
Day 3Level 3AHB-vee-ayt
make unnecessary
to anticipate and prevent by effective measures; make unnecessary
Part of Speech: verb
Synonyms:
preclude, ward
Antonyms:
permit
Example Sentence:
One aspect of cloud computing is that it obviates the need for companies to invest in IT infrastructure.
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