Sample Sentences for
prevent
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    He saw to it that all the sheep entered through the ruined gate, and then laid some planks across it to prevent the flock from wandering away during the night.  (source)
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    If the handlers dumped the medicine out of the hoppers to prevent its being dispensed, an alarm sounded which could not be turned off.  (source)
    prevent = stop
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    There the rocky roof came down close to the surface of the stream, and from it a portcullis could be dropped right to the bed of the river to prevent anyone coming in or out that way.  (source)
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    Most native hunters always singe a tiger's whiskers to prevent his ghost from haunting them.  (source)
    prevent = keep (stop something from happening)
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    At length he came to a clearing in the forest where rock prevented vegetation from growing.†  (source)
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    The headmaster's tie turns into a noose again, preventing blood from getting to his face.†  (source)
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    Instead, he presses a button on the dashboard that prevents air circulation.†  (source)
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    PRINCIPALS FOR THE DAY (OR, THE INVENTION CONVENTION DETENTION SUSPENSION PREVENTION)†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Two deacons wedged themselves around Brother Jackson as a preventive measure and two large determined-looking men walked down the aisle toward Sister Monroe.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
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    There was enough artillery in Beekman's toy department to wipe out Red China and the Mau-Mau tribe of Africa, and I personally think some of the toy manufacturers could use a good course in preventative psychiatry.†  (source)
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    The tragedy that followed, she and her husband believe, was thoroughly preventable.†  (source)
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    You know that he was but lately a student at the University at Cambridge, and he sent at once to his friends, asking them to inquire of the great physicians who are teachers there, to find out what could be known of the latest preventives and remedies.†  (source)
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    During the most violent shocks of the Typhoon, the man at the Pequod's jaw-bone tiller had several times been reelingly hurled to the deck by its spasmodic motions, even though preventer tackles had been attached to it—for they were slack—because some play to the tiller was indispensable.†  (source)
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