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prevent

Verbs

• (v) keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  • My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
  • Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
  foreclose, forestall, preclude, forbid,
• (v) stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
  • We must prevent the cancer from spreading
  • His snoring kept me from falling asleep
  • Keep the child from eating the marbles
  keep,

Synonyms

foreclose forestall preclude forbid keep

Antonyms

allow let permit

Words of close approximity