Difference between Avoids and Obviate

AVOIDS vs OBVIATE: VERB

To bypass a requirement or make it unnecessary; to avoid a future problem or difficult situation.
Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
Do away with

To meet in the way.
To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary.
To keep from happening or render unnecessary. : prevent.

Prevent from happening
Prevent the occurrence of
Get rid of something
To meet.
To meet half-way, as difficulties or objections; hence, to meet and dispose of; clear out of the way; remove.

Abstain from, Head off, Keep off, Ward off, Void, Fend off, Debar, Annul, Invalidate, Nullify, Quash, Deflect, Obviate, Stave off, Avert

Circumvent, Sidestep, Prevent, Alleviate, Preclude, Head off, Ward off, Rid of, Fend off, Debar, Deflect, Stave off, Avert, Avoid, Eliminate

Saves, Breaks, Stops, Shuns, Keep from, Void, Fend off, Debar, Invalidate, Nullify, Quash, Deflect, Obviate, Stave off, Avert

Remedy, Avoiding, Counteract, Circumvent, Sidestep, Prevent, Preclude, Rid of, Fend off, Debar, Deflect, Stave off, Avert, Avoid, Eliminate

However, juicing with a blender avoids this problem.
The contractor avoids giving you a written contract.
Avoids triggering agitated, violent responses; promotes patient safety.
Since the documents are metric, roundmetric avoids confusion.
It avoids the chance to make things worse.
This avoids the duplicate data entry into the system and avoids the data entry mistakes.
While ARD avoids a DUI conviction and thereby avoids the mandatory jail time and mandatory fines, it does not avoid the mandatory license suspension.
Client avoids a suspended license; client avoids a criminal record.
Holding assets in a living trust avoids going to court: It avoids probate, spousal property petitions, and small estate petitions.
Sales Engineer avoids texting while driving, avoids being late, avoids entering the meeting unprepared.

This, of course, would obviate the rule in MBM Fin.
Do these considerations obviate any UN role in such negotiations?
Care must be taken in reassembly to obviate oil leaks.
SYN: Remove, displace, obviate, oust, recal, neutralize, overrule, suspend, supplant.
Knowledge of the future does not obviate free will.
English does not obviate the need for other languages.
This question helps obviate thematic vagabonding and tunnel vision.
Effective use of rhetorical questions may obviate this problem.
Catalina will obviate the need for an antivirus utility.
Family Services that Obviate Need for Child Placement.