All 4 Uses of
prevent
in
The Hunger Games
- The energy field enclosing the roof prevents any desperate form of escape.†
p. 140.5prevents = stops (something from happening)
- But that doesn't prevent me from feeling the sharp stab of pain as the needle inserts the metal tracking device deep under the skin on the inside of my forearm.†
p. 143.9prevent = stop (something from happening)
- Nothing to prevent them from going in immediately.†
p. 160.6
- And since my eyes were looking down, I can see that while our muscles are immobile, nothing is preventing the blood from draining out of Peeta's leg.†
p. 346.8 *preventing = stopping (something from happening)
Definition:
to stop (something from happening)