Both Uses of
prevent
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- It must be all lies and of no account when the culture of a thousand years could not prevent this stream of blood being poured out, these torture-chambers in their hundreds of thousands.†
p. 263.5 *prevent = stop (something from happening)
- We try to prevent him.†
p. 278.9
Definition:
to stop (something from happening)