All 22 Uses
prevent
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- The rapid growth of the Soviet Navy and the need for qualified officers during his early career prevented Ramius from attending the Frunze Academy.†
Chpt 3.prevented = stopped (something from happening)
- The minor infractions of youth—in one case an act committed at age eight—prevented two from ever being trusted again.†
Chpt 3. *
- The fact that he had unknowingly prevented the assassination of two very prominent figures had gotten him more publicity than he'd ever wanted, but it had also brought him in contact with a lot of people in England, most of them worth the time.†
Chpt 4.
- A computer in the basement of the Langley headquarters selected random names at the touch of a key; this prevented a foreign agent from inferring anything from the name of the operation.†
Chpt 6.
- Perhaps the letter had been a mistake...No, it prevented second thoughts.†
Chpt 6.
- The three inner spaces were filled with a barium-water mixture, then a barrier of lead, then polyethylene, all designed to prevent the escape of neutrons and gamma particles.†
Chpt 7.prevent = stop (something from happening)
- The purpose of this agreement, as you know, was to prevent acts that might appear to be unduly provocative to one side or the other.†
Chpt 8.
- But there's a lot of things that could happen to prevent our ever seeing her.†
Chpt 8.
- In this case, the water was heated to over 900° Celsius, a temperature sufficient to generate steam, which gathered at the top of the reactor vessel; the steam bubble applied pressure to the water beneath, preventing the generation of more steam.†
Chpt 8.preventing = stopping (something from happening)
- At most the rods could absorb just less than one percent of the neutron flux, but this was enough either to permit the reaction or to prevent it.†
Chpt 8.prevent = stop (something from happening)
- This had been done once, and though it had been costly, the action of a junior engineer had prevented the loss of a Victor-class attack sub by catastrophic meltdown.†
Chpt 8.prevented = stopped (something from happening)
- When a dozen more were in place, they'd put tension on the cables to prevent the minutest shift.†
Chpt 9.prevent = stop (something from happening)
- What I want to know from you, Comrade, is what happened to the zampolit aboard, and what security measures were taken by your office to prevent this infamy from taking place!†
Chpt 9.
- The Americans use the same system, and for the same reason, to prevent sabotage.†
Chpt 9.
- There would be nothing the Soviet Union could do to prevent the operation, a few hundred miles off the American coast, three hundred miles from the United States' largest naval base.†
Chpt 9.
- We have cotton around the digits to prevent maceration.†
Chpt 10.
- Or would you prefer that they prevent us from carrying out our mission?†
Chpt 11.
- It appeared that the only thing that had prevented the Alfa from sliding farther down was her sail, driven like a wedge into the bottom.†
Chpt 13.prevented = stopped (something from happening)
- What they were not able to prevent was an intelligence officer in a bosun's uniform making an offer of asylum: anyone who wished to remain in the United States would be permitted to do so.†
Chpt 16.prevent = stop (something from happening)
- I tried again, against orders, but Comrade Petrov prevented me.†
Chpt 16.prevented = stopped (something from happening)
- The goddamned rules of engagement prevented him from doing a goddamned thing, except, maybe— "Sonar, ping the sonuvabitch!†
Chpt 17.
- To prevent them from blowing up their own launch platform, torpedoes could not arm until they were five hundred to a thousand yards from the boat that launched them.†
Chpt 17.prevent = stop (something from happening)
Definitions:
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(1)
(prevent) to stop (something from happening)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)