deconflict

  1. Verb.  (military) To change the flightpath of a craft or weapon in order that there is less chance of an accidental collision.
  2. Verb.  (computer science) To resolve contradictory conclusions or responses to queries in a rule-based or deductive reasoning system.
  3. Verb.  To alter (something) to avoid conflicting with something else.

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