Object

• need: Getting rid of the second summit would obviate the need to carry two maps.

• danger: This will obviate the danger of the climber's carbide lamp flame burning through the nylon lifeline.

• possibility: The destruction by burning is to ensure safety to environment and human health and to obviate any possibility of cross-pollination.

• difficulty: The Editor of the Mercury proposes to obviate the difficulty, by giving the latter name to all three.

• risk: Could not these be fastened down in some way to obviate any risk?

Adjective complement

• most: This obviates most of the attacks of the previous paper.

Modifying Another Word

• thus: One idea is that the power source for such devices should be a MEMS device in itself, thus obviating the need for wires.

• not: This strategy does not obviate the need for Heads of School to take steps to address such matters at a school level.

• also: Increased road access may also obviate the need for airdrops.

• even: They may answer some of your questions or even obviate the need for a consultancy visit.

Present participle complement

• have: This obviates having to regenerate the entire database every time a file or set of files change.