Synonyms for Bypass
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1. beltway, bypass, ring road, ringwaynoun

   a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

   Synonyms:
   electrical shunt, beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway, shunt

2. bypassnoun

   a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)

   Synonyms:
   ring road, electrical shunt, beltway, ringway, shunt

3. shunt, electrical shunt, bypassverb

   a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

   Synonyms:
   ring road, electrical shunt, beltway, bypass, ringway, shunt

4. bypass, short-circuit, go around, get aroundverb

   avoid something unpleasant or laborious

   "You cannot bypass these rules!"

   Synonyms:
   swing, go around, get about, get out, outflank, short, bypass, rotate, circulate, spread, revolve, short-circuit, break, get around

Matched Categories

1. • Highway
   • Shunt

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1. List of paraphrases for "bypass":

   by-pass, circumvent, circumvention, derivation, diversion, shunt, skip, evade, decking, omit, override, detour, avoid, sidestep, ring, ignore, side-step, short-circuit

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How to use Bypass in a sentence?

1. Tal Raviv:

   I think what's great about the iStent is it's the first in a whole line of products which is going to fundamentally change the way we treat glaucoma. This is just the first tool we have in this country … we can just bypass the blockage and avoid years of eye drops which have cost and side effects to the patients.

2. Bob Menendez:

   My focus is to get a deal of some sort : I am not looking to bypass [ bipartisan negotiations ] and go to reconciliation, but I don't intend to go home with nothing in my hand.

3. President Barack Obama:

   My advice to a future president is increasingly try to bypass the traditional venues that create divisions and try to find new venues within this new media that are quirkier, less predictable.

4. Karolina Miksa:

   It's possible to imagine a variety of ways for a woman to bypass this regulation, but no one should be forced to do so.

5. Charles Wheeler:

   The State Department is trying to bypass public comment and implement changes to public-charge (policy) all on its own, these changes are already having a terrible effect on people.