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noun

a way, path, etc. between two points that avoids or is auxiliary to the main way; specif., an alternative highway route, as for skirting an urban area
a pipe or channel providing an auxiliary passage for gas or liquid, as that leading to the pilot light in a gas stove
Elec. shunt ()
1. a surgical operation to provide passage for a fluid, as blood, around a diseased or blocked part or organ
  in full bypass operation
2. such a passage

transitive verb

to go around instead of through; use a bypass to avoid
to furnish with a bypass
to ignore, fail to consult, etc.

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