prevent

prevent
verb
ADVERB
effectively

This new legislation effectively prevents us from trading.

reliably, successfully

a study to determine whether the brace can reliably prevent knee injuries

possibly, potentially

Better intelligence could have possibly prevented the attack.

completely

These barriers completely prevent new companies from entering the market.

forcibly, physically
thereby

The drug inhibits the replication of cancer cells, thereby preventing their spread.

VERB + PREVENT
be able to, be unable to, can

No one can prevent you from attending this meeting.

attempt to, seek to, take action to, take steps to, try to
help (to)

A good sunscreen will help prevent sunburn.

be designed to
be nothing to, do nothing to

There's nothing to prevent these guys from copying our idea.

The whole affair is an outrage and the authorities have done nothing to prevent it.

PREPOSITION
from

They took action to prevent the disease from spreading.

PHRASES
aimed at preventing sth

new measures aimed at preventing accidents

action to prevent sth, measures to prevent sth
an attempt to prevent sth
in order to prevent sth

Action must be swift in order to prevent further damage.

Prevent is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cordon, ↑injunction, ↑injury, ↑restriction, ↑rule, ↑vaccine, ↑weather
Prevent is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abuse, ↑access, ↑accident, ↑accumulation, ↑act, ↑allergy, ↑anarchy, ↑attack, ↑bias, ↑blockage, ↑bloodshed, ↑boredom, ↑breach, ↑breakdown, ↑build-up, ↑cancer, ↑casualty, ↑cataract, ↑catastrophe, ↑change, ↑closure, ↑clot, ↑collapse, ↑collision, ↑communication, ↑competition, ↑completion, ↑complication, ↑conception, ↑conflict, ↑confusion, ↑constipation, ↑contact, ↑contamination, ↑corrosion, ↑corruption, ↑cramp, ↑crash, ↑creation, ↑crime, ↑crisis, ↑damage, ↑death, ↑decay, ↑decline, ↑defect, ↑dehydration, ↑delay, ↑demolition, ↑depletion, ↑depression, ↑destruction, ↑deterioration, ↑development, ↑disability, ↑disaster, ↑disease, ↑disorder, ↑dispute, ↑disruption, ↑disturbance, ↑draught, ↑duplication, ↑embarrassment, ↑emergence, ↑entry, ↑erosion, ↑error, ↑escalation, ↑escape, ↑establishment, ↑expansion, ↑exploitation, ↑explosion, ↑export, ↑extinction, ↑failure, ↑fall, ↑famine, ↑fatigue, ↑fire, ↑fit, ↑formation, ↑friction, ↑harm, ↑HIV, ↑illness, ↑immigration, ↑import, ↑incident, ↑inclusion, ↑infection, ↑infiltration, ↑influenza, ↑influx, ↑injury, ↑interference, ↑irritation, ↑killing, ↑leak, ↑loss, ↑malaria, ↑migraine, ↑mishap, ↑misunderstanding, ↑misuse, ↑movement, ↑occurrence, ↑onset, ↑outbreak, ↑passage, ↑penetration, ↑pollution, ↑practice, ↑pregnancy, ↑problem, ↑progression, ↑recession, ↑recurrence, ↑relapse, ↑release, ↑removal, ↑repetition, ↑sale, ↑scandal, ↑sickness, ↑slaughter, ↑slide, ↑spread, ↑stagnation, ↑starvation, ↑strike, ↑suicide, ↑swelling, ↑terrorism, ↑tragedy, ↑transmission, ↑vandalism, ↑violation, ↑war, ↑wastage, ↑wear, ↑wrinkle

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