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: prevention
English
> 1 sense of the word
prevention
:
NOUN
act
prevention
,
bar
the act of
preventing
/
preventing
prevention > pronunciation
Sounds
priyveh'nshahn
Rhymes
Aachen
...
Zukerman
: 2572
rhymes with
ahn
...
English
>
prevention
: 1 sense
> noun 1, act
Meaning
The act of
preventing
/
preventing
.
Example
"money was allocated to study the cause and
prevention
of influenza"
Synonym
bar
Narrower
averting
The act of
preventing
something from occurring
debarment
The act of
prevention
by
legal
means
disqualification
The act of
preventing
someone
from
participating
by finding them
unqualified
interception
The act of
intercepting
nonproliferation
,
non-proliferation
The
prevention
of something
increasing
or spreading (especially the
prevention
of an
increase
/
increase
in the number of
countries
possessing
nuclear weapons
)
obviation
,
forestalling
,
preclusion
The act of
preventing
something by
anticipating
and
disposing of
it
effectively
prophylaxis
The
prevention
of
disease
save
(sports) the act of
preventing
the
opposition
from
scoring
suppression
,
crushing
,
quelling
,
stifling
forceful
prevention
Broader
hindrance
,
hinderance
,
interference
The act of
hindering
or
obstructing
or
impeding
Spanish
prevención
Catalan
prevenció
Verbs
prevent
stop (
someone
or something) from doing something or being in a certain
state
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