Prevent
Meanings and phrases
prevent
- keep from happening or arising; make impossible; forestall; foreclose; preclude; forbid
- stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; keep
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- The process is done in this order to prevent statelessness.
- He razed his castle in order to prevent in falling into enemy hands.
- In addition, they spread information in order to prevent further assaults.
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- This did not prevent him from becoming successful in politics.
- But this did not prevent in 1895 admittance to the Privy Council.
- However, that did not prevent Manjula from discrimination at school.
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- This is done to prevent further corrosion and damage.
- Efforts should be taken to prevent further self-injury.
- Precautions were put in place to prevent further incidents.
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- Probiotics may help prevent re-occurrence.
- Steri-Strips help prevent maceration.
- Pairs have a fin towards the rear, to help prevent roll and yaw.
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- This did not prevent him from becoming successful in politics.
- But this did not prevent in 1895 admittance to the Privy Council.
- However, that did not prevent Manjula from discrimination at school.
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- Tamoxifen is used to prevent and treat gynecomastia.
- Various methods are used to prevent chafing.
- Can sometimes be used to prevent annular fluid migration.
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- However, he was unable to prevent the team from succumbing to a 4–3 defeat.
- His replacement, Graham Taylor, was unable to prevent the side from being relegated.
- Captain America is plagued by guilt for having been unable to prevent Bucky's death.
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- The film follows the titular characters as they attempt to prevent Mr.
- Knutson in the 1940s, was being used in attempt to prevent and arrest occlusal caries.
- It was HKEAA's attempt to prevent candidates from memorising the suggested reading materials.
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- Dry suits are designed to prevent water from entering.
- Article 102 under competition law is designed to prevent market abuse.
- Disk encryption and Trusted Platform Module are designed to prevent these attacks.
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- Beier tried to prevent it.
- Colonists tried to prevent the spread of smallpox by isolation and inoculation.
- In recent years the Académie has tried to prevent the Anglicisation of the French language.
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- This turns the kiln very slowly, but enough to prevent damage.
- "Santa Fe" was damaged badly enough to prevent her from diving.
- However, it was not enough to prevent the loss of Vicki Bourne's Senate seat in NSW.
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- Stricter ballast water regulations and awareness would prevent the spread.
- In this role he was notable for his efforts to prevent the spread of rabies.
- Colonists tried to prevent the spread of smallpox by isolation and inoculation.
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- A number of techniques have been developed to prevent such problems.
- Since 1990 Ratanak has been working in Cambodia to help prevent such needless deaths.
- The second charge accused him of deliberately failing to prevent such killings and maltreatment.
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- The State, Schopenhauer claimed, punishes criminals to prevent future crimes.
- In 1960, the Seine River diversion project was completed to prevent future floods.
- Regardless of the method used, only constant monitoring can prevent future contamination.
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- The Fort was intended to prevent further conflict in this region.
- This was intended to prevent the IRA from moving easily between the two areas.
- Channelization is intended to prevent flooding during normal precipitation events.
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- The move is an effort to prevent, detect and respond to prison rape more effectively.
- He then led them against the Germanic tribes, perhaps in an effort to prevent future mutiny.
- Lime was used on the floors and walls in an effort to prevent insects from entering the living space.
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- Shadow is able to prevent the Worms from molting, enabling TheBee to kill them.
- However, they arranged to fight, but the King was able to prevent their combat.
- The crew attempted to scuttle the ship but a boarding party from the "Hereward" was able to prevent this.
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- The only way to prevent The Master's escape is for Buffy to kill the Vessel.
- The three vow to find a way to prevent the future destruction of their world.
- As the cause of ROHHAD is unknown, there is no way to prevent onset of the disease.
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- The film revolves around three sisters trying to prevent their father from remarrying.
- The novel concerns a group of FBI agents trying to prevent a massive bioterrorist attack.
- A security guard named Rolf (Wiesnekker) spends his days trying to prevent shoplifting at a department store.
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- Clarence 13X also instructed his followers to try to prevent violence and looting.
- During this time period, males try to prevent rivals from interacting with their mate.
- In some cases this may be in order to try to prevent the protest from taking place at all.
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- This turns the kiln very slowly, but enough to prevent damage.
- Jewelry has to be removed before cremation in order to prevent damage to the crematory.
- These rules are meant to prevent damage to buildings from the shock wave a sonic boom produces.
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- However, her situation does not prevent her from dreaming of a better life.
- But this estoppel, for manifest reasons, does not prevent him from denying infringement.
- Burning does not prevent resprouting of plants and kills only surface seeds, not buried ones.
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- Deployment of Jeugdwerk remains necessary to prevent the formation of new groups.
- Grooming is necessary to prevent the fiber from matting and felting on the rabbit.
- Israel claims the blockade is necessary to prevent the smuggling of weapons into Gaza.
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- The sanctions also failed to prevent the Taliban for conducting terrorist acts.
- The rebellion of the people took some lives, but failed to prevent enforcement of the law.
- By April 10, it was clear the non-battle pole strategy had failed to prevent the genocide.
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- In this role he was notable for his efforts to prevent the spread of rabies.
- Archbishop Exner was closely involved with the efforts to prevent the closure of those schools.
- In 1859 he returned to Oswego, where he was active in efforts to prevent the onset of the American Civil War.
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- Many sites have taken measures to prevent vigilantism.
- With regard to European Union direct taxes, Member States have taken measures to prevent tax avoidance and double taxation.
- more security and emergency measures to prevent further attacks and "mitigate adverse effects" should have been implemented on 22 July.
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- We had to stop the appearance at this point to prevent people getting crushed."
- Rolls of barbed wire were installed to prevent people from crawling onto the tracks.
- After the fire broke out, exits were locked to prevent people from stealing merchandise.
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- During the early 1980s, Bugelli attempted to prevent body-rub parlours from opening in the city.
- These members attempted to prevent the LRC from granting the mine a land use permit but were unsuccessful.
- Protesters demonstrated outside a university senate meeting and attempted to prevent senators from entering.
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- The U.S. sought to prevent off-loading of the arms to Huerta.
- Some governments have sought to prevent certain ethnic or social groups from reproduction.
- Souter was a prominent leader of the Keep the Clause campaign, which sought to prevent its abolition.
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- It also helps prevent the curb chain from unfastening or otherwise moving too much.
- Eating fruits and vegetables also helps prevent bone loss and the developing of kidney stones.
- Checking for buffer overflows and patching the bugs that cause them naturally helps prevent buffer overflows.
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- They left a force of a dozen soldiers in the village to prevent another Allied attack.
- The relief army had to act quickly to save the city and so prevent another long siege.
- Recently STAKUS Tachov made arrangements that should prevent another damaging of gravestones.
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- Philip arrives just in time to prevent her from making a mistake.
- Two battalions of reinforcements arrived in time to prevent a rout.
- The Union Army arrived in time to prevent the Confederate seizure of the city.
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- Pumping Stations were installed to prevent flooding.
- The lower reaches of the river have embankments to prevent flooding.
- The structure is located above the mean waterline to prevent flooding.
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- C.F Bödecker, a dentist and researcher, also made attempts to prevent occlusal caries.
- One of the first attempts to prevent occlusal caries occurred as early as 1905 by Willoughby D. Miller.
- She also attempts to prevent Tati from seeing Sorrow, her sweetheart, who Jena believes to be one of the Night People.
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- Dry suits are designed to prevent water from entering.
- The cement concrete was originally laid in the 1920s to prevent water seepage, and led to a blockage in water passages.
- It was important that such dislocations (barriers) was left unpierced to prevent water flowing between the adjacent coal fields.
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- Efforts should be taken to prevent further self-injury.
- Actions have been taken to prevent the issue.
- Care must be taken to prevent two songs from starting at the same time.
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- However, to prevent confusion, the two conventions are never mixed.
- To prevent confusion, the letter "E" is not used to identify any region or province.
- This distinction will prevent confusion with the spiny elm caterpillar and other caterpillars.
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- This was important, since the white owners were using this as a device to prevent other races from entering the land-owning middle class.
- To prevent other creditors making the estate worthless, Girdlestone bought it at its valuation cost, and became the tenant of Tan-yr-Allt.
- When Masterson shot and killed a cavalry Corporal Melvin King in a dispute over a woman, Thompson stepped in to prevent other soldiers from attacking Masterson.
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- Mrs. Ballard arrives at the ranch, Mrs. Borg tries to prevent her from seeing her ailing ex-husband.
- However his manager tries to prevent a relationship developing for fears of its impact on his career.
- The person holding the wafer tries to prevent a large piece being taken for this will "break his luck".
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- They urged immediate military action to prevent its spread.
- In a meeting with Commissioner Giamatti, Rose, having failed in a legal action to prevent it, accepted his punishment.
- They quickly took action to prevent further development of the revolution and the Kiel sailors were obliged to return to Frankfurt.
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- With everyone around her angrily attempting to prevent her from selling the family business, she becomes desperate to escape.
- On the homeward leg, prior to reaching St Helena, Younghusband had 11 seamen punished for attempting to prevent the flogging of one of their number.
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates this practice by attempting to prevent the introduction of any part of a cow's brain or spinal cord into livestock feed.
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- In June 2017, he instituted a programme of spraying church steps with water to prevent tourists from using such areas as picnic spots.
- The target is kept under a chemically neutral nitrogen atmosphere, and is cooled with water to prevent premature astatine vaporization.
- Anchor An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current.
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- Democrats wanted to prevent their alliance.
- Tutu and Allan Boesak had been planning a protest march in Cape Town, which the security chiefs wanted to prevent.
- The Court wanted to prevent "confusion" within parent-child relations, as well as "abrupt changes" in Japanese society.
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- A $33,000 bank payment was needed to prevent his house foreclosed upon.
- Widdecombe told the Commons the restrictions were needed to prevent prisoners from escaping.
- The steam was needed to prevent the cylinders icing up, because compressed air cools when it expands.
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- Casinos take steps to prevent this.
- Israel commits itself to taking steps to prevent a recurrence of similar incidents in the future."
- They also warned that they would take steps to prevent Corbet from embarking the ship should he attempt to come aboard.
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- Their use in surgical procedures is to help prevent infection of incisions.
- Moldy bread, honey and copper salts were also used to prevent infection from dirt in burns.
- Antibiotics are also used to prevent infection in cases of neutropenia particularly cancer-related.