circumnavigated

verb

Definition of circumnavigatednext
past tense of circumnavigate
1
as in circled
to travel completely around the first ship to circumnavigate the globe

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2
as in bypassed
to avoid by going around we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumnavigated
  1. circled
  2. circumvented
  3. avoided
  4. crossed
Verb
  • Police fanned out downtown, launching a massive search for the gunman behind the double homicide while a helicopter circled overhead, broadcasting the suspect’s description.
    Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The heat hit hard and the men and the boys, who had been on foot for months, blended in with scrub brush and cactus, keeping an eye on the cartel gunmen camped on a ridge beneath a blue sky where vultures circled.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of circled
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  • The Food and Drug Administration decided that 23andMe’s test and health reports about a person’s predisposition to various diseases circumvented the regulator.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Evers eventually circumvented the Joint Finance Committee with American Rescue Plan Act funds.
    Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of circumvented
Verb
  • When a city’s leadership makes the decision, divisive and expensive referenda can be avoided, Newbrun wrote.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Hollywood mostly avoided the post-election weekend out of concern that people wouldn’t be paying attention to anything other than the presidential race.
    Variety, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of avoided
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  • The man had previously crossed the border into North Korea via China but was returned by North Korean authorities.
    Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Augusta was hard-hit by Hurricane Helene, which crossed the Georgia border as a high-end Category 2 hurricane early Friday.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of crossed
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