bypass
1. [ verb ] avoid something unpleasant or laborious
Synonyms: get_around go_around keep_off short-circuit
Examples:

"You cannot bypass these rules!"

Related terms: avoid
2. [ noun ] (transportation) a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town
Synonyms: ring_road circumferential
Related terms: road
3. [ noun ] (physics,electricity) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
Synonyms: shunt electrical_shunt
Related terms: conductor circuit
4. [ noun ] (anatomy,zoology,surgery) a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
Related terms: shunt