Sentence:  To <WSD>avoid</WSD> suspicion of bigotry , let the hand of vengeance be stayed until the meat-wagon has picked up the twenty-five thousandth corpse ; but let the twenty-five thousand and first butchery be the signal for the arrest of the 50 state highway commissioners . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something