bypassing
Avoiding the obstacle
Bypassing is going around something rather than through it.
A surgeon bypasses a blocked artery by routing blood around the obstruction.
You bypass a security system by finding a way to circumvent it entirely.
The word implies avoiding the normal or expected route: We're bypassing the approval process and going straight to the director.
Avoid by going around
- evadeEscape by cunning
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- skirtWaist-hung lower garment
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
dodge · avoid · outmaneuver · outflank · subvert · circumnavigate · outwit · go-around
Makeshift bypass of difficulty
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
- alternativeAnother available choice
- substituteReplacement for another
- optionAvailable course of action
fallback · replacement · solution · approach · hack · override · loophole · detour
Network access control system
- securityProtection from threat
- filterPorous separation device
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- VPNEncrypted network connection
restriction · block · authentication · paywall · geoblock · censorship · DRM · admin
Alternate path around obstruction
- rerouteSend a different way
- diversionRedirection of attention
- backroadMinor rural thoroughfare
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
cut-through · workaround · gridlock · congestion · bottleneck · roadblock · construction · closure
Of heart arteries
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
- graftIllicit political gain
- stentImplanted tube for blockages
- angioplastyProcedure to widen vessels
cardiovascular · blockage · occlusion · atherosclerosis · plaque · CABG · heart · circulation
circumvent
Avoid by going around
elude · dodge · avoid · outmaneuver · outflank · subvert · circumnavigate · outwit · go-around · end-run
workaround
Makeshift bypass of difficulty
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
- alternativeAnother available choice
- substituteReplacement for another
option · fallback · replacement · solution · approach · hack · override · loophole · detour · sidestep
firewall
Network access control system
VPN · restriction · block · authentication · paywall · geoblock · censorship · DRM · admin · root
detour
Alternate path around obstruction
shortcut · cut-through · workaround · gridlock · congestion · bottleneck · roadblock · construction · closure · navigation
coronary
Of heart arteries
angioplasty · cardiovascular · blockage · occlusion · atherosclerosis · plaque · CABG · heart · circulation · vascular
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
- CPU pipelinespipelining, fetch, decode, execute, write-back
- lockpickinglock pick, lock picks, lockpick, picks, pick
- Forbiddenforbidden, prohibited, banned, not allowed, off-limits
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- travel verbscrossing, walking, hiking, trekking, journeying
bypassingfacing
Directed toward something
confronting · going through · engaging · meeting · tackling
bypassingfollowing
Coming after another
observing · obeying · respecting · honoring
bypassingincluding
Containing as part
incorporating · involving · integrating · utilizing · employing
passage, passed, surpass, bypass, overpass, passes, byway, passerby, surpassed