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Definition
to stop (something from happening)
- What better way to prevent that than by locking the strangers in the tobacco shed until morning?p. 164.2
- The wet brain matter slowed the ball's speed, absorbing enough of its energy to prevent it from exiting the other side of the skull through the president's face.p. 41.6
- No one thought to prevent the great Laura Keene from entering the box.p. 72.3
There are no more uses of "prevent" in Chasing Lincoln's Killer.
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