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      bypass
      noun
      The act of going past or around.
      A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
      (medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.
      A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).
      A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.
      An electrical shunt.
      verb
      To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
      To ignore the usual channels or procedures.
      Roots
      passus-pass · Latin · step, pace
      Synonyms for bypass
      circumventvdetournroundaboutadjbyroadnhighwaynthoroughfarenarterialadjexpresswaynturnpikenarterynbypathnbywaynmotorwaynroadnparkwaynfreewaynsuperhighwaynautoroutecarriagewayn
      Words related to bypass
      shuntnbeltwaynreroutingvcontraflowblockagencircuityncircumventiveadjroutenjunctionsnoverridevcircumventionnreroutesreroutedvturnoffninterchangesntollwayadjunderpassnlanesnoverpassnanastomosisnmultilaneadj

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