circumvented

Definitions

Found a way around an obstacle or overcome a problem in a clever or surreptitious way.

Avoided or bypassed a rule, law, or restriction.

Examples

The hackers circumvented the company's security firewall to gain unauthorized access to the database.

By taking the back roads, we successfully circumvented the heavy traffic on the main highway.

Synonyms

bypassed avoided evaded sidestepped dodged outmaneuvered skirted

Antonyms

confronted faced obeyed followed encountered complied tackled