All 7 Uses
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Queen of Attolia
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- She had heard that he had an aversion to killing people, but, like Sounis, she was reluctant to assume that a childish reluctance for bloodshed would prevent him from following the orders of his queen.†
Chpt 2prevent = stop (something from happening)
- What they really hate is the success she has had at centralizing the power of her throne and preventing them from running their estates as their own private kingdoms.†
Chpt 7preventing = stopping (something from happening)
- No one reset the stone, no one prevented the damage from spreading.†
Chpt 7prevented = stopped (something from happening)
- The newly forged cannon at the pass prevented Attolia's army from attacking there.†
Chpt 11
- Your emperor cannot attack this coast unprovoked; the treaties with the greater nations of this Continent prevent him.†
Chpt 18 *prevent = stop (something from happening)
- If necessary, they can then flank what's left of your forces to prevent a retreat.†
Chpt 18
- In the short term that will prevent him from an overt attack.†
Chpt 19
Definitions:
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(1)
(prevent) to stop (something from happening)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)