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to stop (something from happening)- We can't prevent earthquakes, but we can prepare for them.
prevent = stop (something from happening)
- Antibiotics will not prevent a cold.
- *p What cause can prevent the United States from having as numerous a population in time?Alexis de Toqueville -- Democracy In America, Volume 1
- Assuredly, the sun of Italy is splendid, but, alas, azure in the sky does not prevent rags on man.Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
- Mirrors, those revealers of the truth, are hated; that does not prevent them from being of use.Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
- "Perhaps not if one does nothing to prevent it," Ralph replied.Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1
- — He began to think it was to be, and that he could not prevent it—a very promising step of the mind on its way to resignation.Jane Austen -- Emma
- I have very often hoped and intended to come back, but have been prevented by many circumstances.Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
- You realize that this could have been prevented-Ted Dekker -- Black: The Birth of Evil
- 'For,' said he, 'it was no fault of yours, nor of his; it was a mistake impossible to be prevented.'Daniel Defoe -- Moll Flanders
- Once or twice he essayed to speak, but a rising in his throat prevented it.James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pioneers
- A human mind may be imposed on; nor is there any infallible method to prevent it.Henry Fielding -- Tom Jones
- We can prevent the people fighting wars or staffing emergency rooms or policing the streets from making mistakes.Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink
- "We may speak without fear," Arya announced after casting spells that would prevent anyone from eavesdropping on their conversation.Christopher Paolini -- Brisingr
- Policemen have thrown a cordon around the compound to prevent new arrivals from entering.Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
- At any rate, I could prevent you wasting yourself and being a prey to other women—like—like Clara.D.H. Lawrence -- Sons and Lovers
- You wish to prevent me having the money.Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- In a lightning move so unexpected Cal couldn't prevent it, Lump sprang.Nora Roberts -- Blood Brothers
- But he could not prevent this zealous woman from exclaiming to the dying man before she disappeared: "Would you like a priest?"Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
- But there are a thousand protections to prevent all of this.Dave Eggers -- The Circle
prevent = stop (something from happening)
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