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  • 11bypass — [v] avoid blink at, burke, circumnavigate, circumvent, depart from, detour, deviate from, finesse, get around, go around, go around the barn*, ignore, let go, neglect, omit, outflank, pass around, sidestep, skirt, take back road*, wink at;… …

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  • 12bypass — ► NOUN 1) a road passing round a town for through traffic. 2) a secondary channel or connection to allow a flow when the main one is closed or blocked. 3) a surgical operation to make an alternative passage to aid the circulation of blood. ► VERB …

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  • 13bypass — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 medical operation ADJECTIVE ▪ coronary, heart ▪ gastric ▪ quadruple, triple VERB + BYPASS ▪ …

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  • 14bypass — 01. The new highway [bypasses] the little town and makes the trip much faster. 02. Former President Bill Clinton had to have heart [bypass] surgery due to blockages in some arteries. 03. An investigation has found that the accident occurred… …

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  • 15bypass — [[t]ba͟ɪpɑːs, pæs[/t]] bypasses, bypassing, bypassed 1) VERB If you bypass someone or something that you would normally have to get involved with, you ignore them, often because you want to achieve something more quickly. [V n] A growing number… …

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  • 16bypass */ — I UK [ˈbaɪˌpɑːs] / US [ˈbaɪˌpæs] noun [countable] Word forms bypass : singular bypass plural bypasses 1) a road that goes round a town or city so that you can avoid going through its centre the Newbury bypass 2) medical a medical operation to… …

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  • 17Bypass — An operation in which a surgeon creates a new tubular pathway for the movement of fluids and/or other substances in the body. * * * 1. A shunt or auxiliary flow. 2. To create new flow from one structure to another through a diversionary channel.… …

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  • 18Bypass — By|pass 〈[ baı ] m. 1 oder m. 1u; Med.〉 Umgehungstransplantat (bei Herzoperationen) [engl., „Umgehung“] * * * By|pass [ ba̮ipas ], der; [es], …pässe [engl. bypass = Umgehung(sstraße), Umleitung]: 1. a) (Technik) Umführung [einer Strömung]; …

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  • 19bypass — I. noun Date: 1848 1. a passage to one side; especially a deflected route usually around a town 2. a. a channel carrying a fluid around a part and back to the main stream b. (1) shunt 1b (2) shunt 1c; also a surgical procedure for the… …

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  • 20bypass — bypasser, by passer, n. /buy pas , pahs /, n., v., bypassed or (Rare) bypast; bypassed or bypast; bypassing. n. 1. a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction. 2. a secondary pipe or… …

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