prevent
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(verb) prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading" |
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Synonyms: keep |
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Related Words: blank, defend, exclude, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, keep, keep away, keep back, keep out, rain out, restrain, shut, shut out, wash out |
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Antonyms: let |
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(verb) keep from happening of arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" |
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Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude |
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Related Words: avert, avoid, baffle, bilk, block, blockade, cross, debar, deflect, embarrass, fend off, foil, frustrate, halt, head off, hinder, kibosh, make unnecessary, obstruct, obviate, queer, save, scotch, spoil, stave off, stop, stymie, stymy, thwart, ward off |
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