Both Uses
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Wringer, by Jerry Spinelli
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- This, however, had not prevented Beans from climbing the stairs to the bathroom no fewer than three times during the party.†
p. 169.4 *prevented = stopped (something from happening)
- How to send flankers to the left and right, curling in a semicircle to hit the enemy from three sides and prevent him from sneaking behind you.†
p. 200.2prevent = stop (something from happening)
Definitions:
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(1)
(prevent) to stop (something from happening)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)