| Meaning | The act of preventing / preventing. |
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| Example | "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" |
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| Synonym | bar |
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| Narrower | averting | The act of preventing something from occurring |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | prevención |
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| Catalan | prevenció |
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| Verbs | prevent | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state |
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