obviate

Object

• necessity: Lessons meant to be learned from life situations are grasped more easily, obviating the necessity for harsher routes to learning them.
• 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

• thereby: However, it's quite likely that Rasputin would not have gained power over the Imperial couple, thereby obviating the need to assassinate him.
• thus: One idea is that the power source for such devices should be a MEMS device in itself, thus obviating the need for wires.
• entirely: The risks of client succession are entirely obviated since the clinic is closed when other practices are open.
• 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.