The phrase "avoid communication" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one intends to refrain from engaging in conversation or interaction with others.
Example: "In order to focus on my work, I have decided to avoid communication with colleagues during office hours."
Alternatives: "refrain from interaction" or "stay silent".
Someone once told me that if I didn't say anything, then I would always avoid communication gaffes.
Our review of research and company examples suggests there are three things you can do to avoid communication breakdowns like this.
Recent work in numerical linear algebra has shown that existing algorithms can be re-formulated to avoid communication and achieve large sequential and parallel speedups over existing approaches.
Moreover, an organization can use our tools to determine how changes in system architecture, or the emergence and removal of interfaces between system components, will affect its ability to avoid communication failures in the future.
He allowed himself to be persuaded that royal dignity required him to avoid communication with the deputies assembled at Versailles, and he made no attempt to lay out a program that might have attracted their support.
They establish their own rules, presenting us with characters whose deliberate attempts to avoid communication stoke an atmosphere that can move from bitingly funny to eerie in a trice — in the time it takes a drop of water to fall into a bucket, to borrow an image from the play.
I avoided communication with my captors.
Avoiding communication errors and establishing clear estate planning documents: Wills, Trusts, Power of Attorney, and Advanced Medical Directives.
Vagueness, mixed metaphor, ready-made phrases, "gumming together long strips of words", pseudo‑technical language are ways of avoiding communication.
And those whose interest is in avoiding communication are those who do not want to be replied to or argued with.
Plenty of companies have strict policies about avoiding communication that could open a can of litigation, but too many managers use that as an excuse to dummy up.
