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avoidably adverb uk /əˈvɔɪ.də.bli/ us /əˈvɔɪ.də.bli/ in a way that could be avoided: Transport officials say that many accidents are caused by drivers who are avoidably distracted by their mobile phones. During the war, many innocent civilians were avoidably killed by bomb strikes that missed their targets. You made the project avoidably difficult by complaining at every step and not offering any suggestions of your own. Health officials said that the number of people who die avoidably from drug overdoses continued to rise. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable bar fireproof flameproof guard against something hamper hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom head off preclusion preclusive prejudice prevent preventable scuttle smother suffocate |