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evade
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evade as in:  evade the enemy

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    They traveled at night to evade detection.
    evade = avoid
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    At dusk we move indoors to evade the mosquitoes.
    evade = get away from
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    He moved to Canada in the 1960s in order to evade being drafted into the armed services in the United States.
    evade = avoid
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    And her strategy has been to evade, not attack.  (source)
    evade = physically avoid or get away from
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    Mai tries to punch Hayden, but he easily evades her.  (source)
    evades = gets away from
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    On a daily basis, he launched into Labrador evader mode.†  (source)
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    When a prisoner of style escapes it's called an evasion.  (source)
    evasion = physically getting away
    standard suffix: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.
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    I hurried from the girls' locker room, pleased to find that I had successfully evaded my retriever friend for the moment.  (source)
    evaded = use cunning or dexterity to physically avoid
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    Certainly there was some deep meaning in it most worthy of interpretation, and which, as it were, streamed forth from the mystic symbol, subtly communicating itself to my sensibilities, but evading the analysis of my mind.  (source)
    evading = escaping
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    But on approach, the Norden bombsight, not the pilot, flew the plane, so evasive action was impossible.  (source)
    evasive = avoiding attack
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
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    He reads about the riots that took place during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and about Dr. Benjamin Spock, the baby doctor, being sentenced to two years in jail for threatening to counsel draft evaders.†  (source)
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    He fights recklessly, almost frenziedly, and I easily evade his assault.  (source)
    evade = avoid capture or get away from
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    Maybe we needed to give shape to the opaque, deep-down pain that evades both sense and senses.†  (source)
    evades = avoids capture or gets away from
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evade as in:  evade the question

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She evaded his question by asking one of her own.
evaded = avoided answering
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    She evaded the questions skillfully.
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    Was there any way, any way at all, for her to evade this? Was there another story, or let's face it, another lie, that she'd overlooked?  (source)
    evade = avoid
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    Of course, if we could obtain examples of their dinosaurs, we could reverse engineer them and make our own, with enough modifications in the DNA to evade their patents.  (source)
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    She is not weepy or evasive, instead there's an urgency about her tone that surprises me.  (source)
    evasive = avoiding recognition of a difficult situation
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
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    McCandless was thrilled to be on his way north, and he was relieved as well, relieved that he had again evaded the impending threat of human intimacy, of friendship, and all the messy emotional baggage that comes with it.  (source)
    evaded = avoided
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    There was no hint of evasion in Hayden's words.  (source)
    evasion = avoidance of telling the whole truth
    standard suffix: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.
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    BRACK: How do you mean, Mrs. Tesman? HEDDA: [Evasively.] Oh, nothing--nothing.  (source)
    Evasively = in an attempt to avoid answering a question
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    In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist.  (source)
    evading = trying to avoid
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    Expectations, evaluations, internal evasions Fly out of me like puddles of blood from a wound  (source)
    evasions = instances of avoiding responsibility or recognizing the whole truth
    standard suffix: The suffix "-sions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in discussions from discuss, explosions from explode, and revisions from revise.
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    "I thought we were past all the evasiveness," I grumbled.  (source)
    evasiveness = the act of trying to avoid answering questions candidly (with direct answers)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    HALE: You cannot evade me, Abigail.  (source)
    evade = avoid answering
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    So she resorted to evasive tactics. She'd tell Dad she hadn't cashed her paycheck yet, or she'd pretend...  (source)
    evasive = avoiding being honest and direct
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    His defeated name remained in bronze on the school record plaque, while Finny deliberately evaded an athletic honor.  (source)
    evaded = avoided
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