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verb (used with object), -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
1.
to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
2.
to go or maneuver around: to circumnavigate the heavy downtown traffic.
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Circumnavigate
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| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
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circumnavigate
1630s, from L. circumnavigare, from circum "around" + navigare (see navigation).
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