6 uses
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Definition
to stop (something from happening)
- There's no way you can prevent him from having visitation rights.
- For example, it was a crime for a woman to do anything to prevent conception against her husband's wishes.
- How could I have not seen and thus prevented this misery?
- Finally, I learned of another and perhaps most important contingency that prevented Moody from considering a return.
- There's no way you can prevent him from having visitation rights with Mahtob.
- I did not know what Moody would do next, but I knew that he had not yet called the police, and I was confident that my threat would prevent him from doing so-at least tonight.
There are no more uses of "prevent" in Not Without My Daughter.
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