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Definition
to stop (something from happening)
- 'Much more smoothly than a live horse,' Alice said, with a little scream of laughter, in spite of all she could do to prevent it.Chapter 8 — 'It's my own Invention' (47% in)
- Here the King interrupted, to prevent the quarrel going on: he was very nervous, and his voice quite quivered.Chapter 7 — The Lion and the Unicorn (86% in)
There are no more uses of "prevent" in Through the Looking-Glass.
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