What is another word for prevent?
Pronunciation:
[ pɹɪvˈɛnt], [ pɹɪvˈɛnt], [ p_ɹ_ɪ_v_ˈɛ_n_t]
Synonyms for Prevent:
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n.
• prevent- keep .
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v.
• anticipate- am early ,
- am one step ahead of ,
- am step ahead of ,
- are early ,
- are one step ahead of ,
- are step ahead of ,
- art one step ahead of ,
- art step ahead of ,
- be step ahead of ,
- beat someone it ,
- beat to it ,
- beating someone it ,
- beating someone to it ,
- beating to it ,
- beats someone it ,
- beats someone to it ,
- beats to it ,
- being early ,
- being one step ahead of ,
- being step ahead of ,
- is early ,
- is one step ahead of ,
- is step ahead of ,
- pre cede ,
- pre ceded ,
- pre cedes ,
- pre ceding ,
- pre vent ,
- pre vented ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-cede ,
- pre-ceded ,
- pre-cedes ,
- pre-ceding ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents ,
- prepares for ,
- preparing for ,
- provided against ,
- provides against ,
- providing against ,
- was early ,
- was one step ahead of ,
- was step ahead of ,
- wast early ,
- wast one step ahead of ,
- wast step ahead of ,
- were early ,
- were one step ahead of ,
- were step ahead of ,
- wert early ,
- wert one step ahead of ,
- wert step ahead of .
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- dis appoint ,
- dis appointed ,
- dis appointing ,
- dis appoints ,
- dis-appoint ,
- dis-appointed ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-appoints ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- cramp one style ,
- cramp ones style ,
- cramped one style ,
- cramped one's style ,
- cramped ones style ,
- cramped style ,
- cramping one style ,
- cramping one's style ,
- cramping ones style ,
- cramping style ,
- cramps one style ,
- cramps one's style ,
- cramps ones style ,
- cramps style ,
- dis concert ,
- dis concerted ,
- dis concerting ,
- dis concerts ,
- dis-concert ,
- dis-concerted ,
- dis-concerting ,
- dis-concerts ,
- threw a curve ,
- threw curve ,
- threw monkey wrench in ,
- throw curve ,
- throwing a curve ,
- throwing curve ,
- throwing monkey wrench in ,
- throws a curve ,
- throws curve ,
- throws monkey wrench in ,
- upsets apple cart ,
- upsets the apple cart ,
- upsetting apple cart ,
- upsetting the apple cart .
- Illegalized ,
- Illegalizing ,
- closes down ,
- declared illegal ,
- declares illegal ,
- declaring illegal ,
- dis allow ,
- dis allowed ,
- dis allowing ,
- dis allows ,
- dis-allow ,
- dis-allowed ,
- dis-allowing ,
- dis-allows ,
- iced out ,
- ices out ,
- icing out ,
- illegalizes ,
- passes up ,
- passing up ,
- pro scribe ,
- pro scribed ,
- pro scribes ,
- pro scribing ,
- pro-scribe ,
- pro-scribed ,
- pro-scribes ,
- pro-scribing .
- dis countenance ,
- dis countenanced ,
- dis countenances ,
- dis countenancing ,
- dis-countenance ,
- dis-countenanced ,
- dis-countenances ,
- dis-countenancing ,
- ex cept ,
- ex-cept ,
- freezes out ,
- freezing out ,
- froze out ,
- over ridden ,
- over ride ,
- over rides ,
- over riding ,
- over rode ,
- over-ridden ,
- over-rides ,
- over-riding ,
- over-rode ,
- re fuse ,
- re fused ,
- re fuses ,
- re fusing ,
- re-fuse ,
- re-fused ,
- re-fuses ,
- re-fusing .
- closes off ,
- hanged up ,
- hanging up ,
- hangs up ,
- stopping up ,
- stopt up ,
- take out play ,
- takes out of play ,
- takes out play ,
- taking out of play ,
- taking out play ,
- took out of play ,
- took out play .
- Bitting ,
- holds down ,
- holds in ,
- nip bud ,
- nip in bud ,
- nip the bud ,
- played for time ,
- re buff ,
- re buffed ,
- re buffing ,
- re buffs ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re pulse ,
- re pulsed ,
- re pulses ,
- re pulsing ,
- re-buff ,
- re-buffed ,
- re-buffing ,
- re-buffs ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- re-press ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- re-pulse ,
- re-pulsed ,
- re-pulses ,
- re-pulsing ,
- reining in ,
- slackened pace ,
- slackening pace ,
- slackens pace ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
- be guile ,
- be guiles ,
- be-guile ,
- be-guiles ,
- by pass ,
- by passed ,
- by passes ,
- by passing ,
- de tour ,
- de toured ,
- de touring ,
- de tours ,
- de-tour ,
- de-toured ,
- de-touring ,
- de-tours ,
- gat around ,
- gets around ,
- got around ,
- gotten around ,
- out flank ,
- out flanked ,
- out flanking ,
- out flanks ,
- out wits ,
- out witted ,
- out witting ,
- out-flank ,
- out-flanked ,
- out-flanking ,
- out-flanks ,
- out-wit ,
- out-wits ,
- out-witted ,
- out-witting ,
- over reach ,
- over reached ,
- over reaches ,
- over reaching ,
- over-reach ,
- over-reached ,
- over-reaches ,
- over-reaching ,
- steered clear of ,
- steers clear of .
- Counter-work ,
- Counterchecked ,
- canceling out ,
- cancels out ,
- counter act ,
- counter acted ,
- counter acting ,
- counter acts ,
- counter balance ,
- counter balanced ,
- counter balances ,
- counter balancing ,
- counter check ,
- counter checked ,
- counter checking ,
- counter checks ,
- counter vail ,
- counter vailed ,
- counter vailing ,
- counter vails ,
- counter work ,
- counter worked ,
- counter working ,
- counter works ,
- counter-act ,
- counter-acted ,
- counter-acting ,
- counter-acts ,
- counter-balanced ,
- counter-balancing ,
- counter-check ,
- counter-checked ,
- counter-checking ,
- counter-checks ,
- counter-vail ,
- counter-vailed ,
- counter-vailing ,
- counter-vails ,
- counter-worked ,
- counter-working ,
- counter-works ,
- counterworked ,
- counterworks ,
- goes against ,
- going against ,
- in validate ,
- in validated ,
- in validates ,
- in validating ,
- in-validate ,
- in-validated ,
- in-validates ,
- in-validating ,
- re dress ,
- re dressed ,
- re dresses ,
- re dressing ,
- re-dress ,
- re-dressed ,
- re-dresses ,
- re-dressing ,
- went against .
- beating off ,
- beats off ,
- de fend ,
- de fended ,
- de fending ,
- de fends ,
- de-fend ,
- de-fended ,
- de-fending ,
- de-fends ,
- fighting for ,
- fights for ,
- fought for ,
- guarded against ,
- guarding against ,
- guards against ,
- held at bay ,
- held bay ,
- hold bay ,
- holding at bay ,
- holding bay ,
- holds at bay ,
- holds bay ,
- in sure ,
- in-sure ,
- keeping safe ,
- keeps safe ,
- kept safe ,
- panoplying ,
- pre serve ,
- pre served ,
- pre serves ,
- pre serving ,
- pre-serve ,
- pre-served ,
- pre-serves ,
- pre-serving ,
- provided sanctuary ,
- provides sanctuary ,
- providing sanctuary ,
- re tain ,
- re tains ,
- re-tain ,
- re-tains ,
- repelled danger ,
- repelling danger ,
- repels danger ,
- up held ,
- up hold ,
- up holding ,
- up holds ,
- up-held ,
- up-hold ,
- up-holding ,
- up-holds ,
- watches over ,
- with stand ,
- with standing ,
- with stands ,
- with stood ,
- with-stand ,
- with-standing ,
- with-stands .
- bided time ,
- bides time ,
- biding time ,
- bode time ,
- de lay ,
- de laying ,
- de lays ,
- de tain ,
- de tains ,
- de-lay ,
- de-laying ,
- de-lays ,
- de-tain ,
- de-tains ,
- dilly dally ,
- gained time ,
- gaining time ,
- gains time ,
- holds over ,
- intermits ,
- laid over ,
- laying over ,
- lays over ,
- post pone ,
- post pones ,
- post-pone ,
- post-pones ,
- pro long ,
- pro longing ,
- pro longs ,
- pro rogue ,
- pro rogued ,
- pro rogues ,
- pro roguing ,
- pro tract ,
- pro tracts ,
- pro-long ,
- pro-longed ,
- pro-longing ,
- pro-longs ,
- pro-rogue ,
- pro-rogued ,
- pro-rogues ,
- pro-roguing ,
- pro-tract ,
- pro-tracts .
- act like wet blanket ,
- acted like a wet blanket ,
- acted like wet blanket ,
- acting like a wet blanket ,
- acting like wet blanket ,
- acts like a wet blanket ,
- acts like wet blanket ,
- dis advise ,
- dis advised ,
- dis advises ,
- dis advising ,
- dis-advise ,
- dis-advised ,
- dis-advises ,
- dis-advising ,
- disadvised ,
- disadvises ,
- disadvising ,
- forfended ,
- forfending ,
- forfends ,
- puts a damper on ,
- puts damper on ,
- putting a damper on ,
- putting damper on ,
- talked out of ,
- talks out of ,
- threw cold water on ,
- throwing cold water on ,
- throws cold water on .
- de moralize ,
- de moralized ,
- de moralizes ,
- de moralizing ,
- de-moralize ,
- de-moralized ,
- de-moralizes ,
- de-moralizing ,
- dis comfit ,
- dis comfits ,
- dis compose ,
- dis composed ,
- dis composes ,
- dis composing ,
- dis-comfit ,
- dis-comfits ,
- dis-compose ,
- dis-composed ,
- dis-composes ,
- dis-composing ,
- over came ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over-came ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- un settle ,
- un settled ,
- un settles ,
- un settling ,
- un-settle ,
- un-settled ,
- un-settles ,
- un-settling .
- dis courage ,
- dis courages ,
- dis favor ,
- dis favored ,
- dis favoring ,
- dis favors ,
- dis incline ,
- dis inclined ,
- dis inclines ,
- dis inclining ,
- dis-courage ,
- dis-courages ,
- dis-favor ,
- dis-favored ,
- dis-favoring ,
- dis-favors ,
- dis-incline ,
- dis-inclined ,
- dis-inclines ,
- dis-inclining ,
- in dispose ,
- in disposed ,
- in disposes ,
- in disposing ,
- in-dispose ,
- in-disposed ,
- in-disposes ,
- in-disposing ,
- indisposes .
- drave out ,
- drove out ,
- forced out ,
- leaved out ,
- locked out ,
- locking out ,
- locks out ,
- re move ,
- re moved ,
- re moving ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving ,
- refused admittance ,
- refuses admittance ,
- refusing admittance ,
- sets aside ,
- shut door on ,
- shuts door on ,
- shuts the door on ,
- shutting door on ,
- shutting the door on ,
- sidelining .
- bollixes ,
- buffaloing ,
- gave run around ,
- gave run-around ,
- gave runaround ,
- gave slip ,
- gave the run around ,
- gave the run-around ,
- gave the runaround ,
- gave the slip ,
- give run-around ,
- give runaround ,
- give slip ,
- gives run around ,
- gives run-around ,
- gives runaround ,
- gives slip ,
- gives the run around ,
- gives the run-around ,
- gives the runaround ,
- gives the slip ,
- giving run around ,
- giving run-around ,
- giving runaround ,
- giving slip ,
- giving the run around ,
- giving the run-around ,
- giving the runaround ,
- giving the slip ,
- juked ,
- juking ,
- ran circles around ,
- ran rings around ,
- running circles around ,
- running rings around ,
- runs circles around ,
- runs rings around ,
- shuffled off ,
- shuffles off ,
- shuffling off .
- nixed ,
- puts chill on ,
- puts the chill on ,
- putting chill on ,
- putting the chill on ,
- said no ,
- saying no .
- fore close ,
- fore closed ,
- fore closes ,
- fore closing ,
- fore-close ,
- fore-closed ,
- fore-closes ,
- fore-closing .
- fore stall ,
- fore stalled ,
- fore stalling ,
- fore stalls ,
- fore-stall ,
- fore-stalled ,
- fore-stalling ,
- fore-stalls ,
- pre occupied ,
- pre occupies ,
- pre occupy ,
- pre-occupied ,
- pre-occupies ,
- pre-occupy ,
- pre-occupying .
- dash hope ,
- dash one hope ,
- dash ones hope ,
- dashed one hope ,
- dashed one's hope ,
- dashed ones hope ,
- dashes hope ,
- dashes one hope ,
- dashes one's hope ,
- dashes ones hope ,
- dashing hope ,
- dashing one hope ,
- dashing one's hope ,
- dashing ones hope ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis hearten ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis heartens ,
- dis-hearten ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-heartens ,
- render null void ,
- rendered null and void ,
- rendered null void ,
- rendering null and void ,
- rendering null void ,
- renders null and void ,
- renders null void ,
- upset applecart .
- drag one feet ,
- drag ones feet ,
- dragged feet ,
- dragged one feet ,
- dragged one's feet ,
- dragged ones feet ,
- dragging feet ,
- dragging one feet ,
- dragging one's feet ,
- dragging ones feet ,
- drags feet ,
- drags one feet ,
- drags one's feet ,
- drags ones feet ,
- gat in the way ,
- gat in way ,
- gat the way ,
- gat way ,
- get in way ,
- get the way ,
- get way ,
- gets in the way ,
- gets in way ,
- gets the way ,
- gets way ,
- getting in the way ,
- getting in way ,
- getting the way ,
- getting way ,
- got in the way ,
- got in way ,
- got the way ,
- got way ,
- gotten in the way ,
- gotten in way ,
- gotten the way ,
- gotten way ,
- hog tie ,
- in conveniences ,
- in-convenience ,
- in-conveniences ,
- tie hands ,
- tie one hands ,
- tie ones hands ,
- tied hands ,
- tied one hands ,
- tied one's hands ,
- tied ones hands ,
- ties hands ,
- ties one hands ,
- ties one's hands ,
- ties ones hands ,
- tying hands ,
- tying one hands ,
- tying one's hands ,
- tying ones hands .
- head at pass ,
- head off pass ,
- head pass ,
- headed at pass ,
- headed off at pass ,
- headed off pass ,
- headed pass ,
- heading at pass ,
- heading off at pass ,
- heading off pass ,
- heading pass ,
- heads at pass ,
- heads off at pass ,
- heads off pass ,
- heads pass ,
- inter cept ,
- inter lope ,
- inter loped ,
- inter lopes ,
- inter loping ,
- inter pose ,
- inter posed ,
- inter posing ,
- inter-cept ,
- inter-lope ,
- inter-loped ,
- inter-lopes ,
- inter-loping ,
- inter-pose ,
- inter-posed ,
- inter-posing ,
- made off with ,
- made with ,
- make with ,
- makes off with ,
- makes with ,
- making with ,
- shortstopped ,
- shortstopping ,
- shortstops ,
- takes away .
- busybodying ,
- dis commode ,
- dis commodes ,
- dis-commode ,
- dis-commodes ,
- fooled with ,
- fooling with ,
- fools with ,
- gat involved ,
- gets involved ,
- getting involved ,
- gotten involved ,
- in commode ,
- in commodes ,
- in-commode ,
- in-commodes ,
- inter cede ,
- inter ceded ,
- inter cedes ,
- inter ceding ,
- inter fere ,
- inter feres ,
- inter meddle ,
- inter meddled ,
- inter meddles ,
- inter meddling ,
- inter mediate ,
- inter mediated ,
- inter mediates ,
- inter mediating ,
- inter-cede ,
- inter-ceded ,
- inter-cedes ,
- inter-ceding ,
- inter-fere ,
- inter-feres ,
- inter-meddle ,
- inter-meddled ,
- inter-meddles ,
- inter-meddling ,
- inter-mediated ,
- inter-mediates ,
- inter-mediating ,
- mixes in ,
- mixing in ,
- mixt in ,
- poked nose in ,
- pokes nose in ,
- poking nose in .
- brake train of thought ,
- brake train thought ,
- break train thought ,
- breaking train of thought ,
- breaking train thought ,
- breaks train of thought ,
- breaks train thought ,
- broke train of thought ,
- broke train thought ,
- busted in ,
- busting in ,
- busts in ,
- chimed in ,
- chimes in ,
- chiming in ,
- crowded in ,
- crowding in ,
- crowds in ,
- cut on ,
- cuts in on ,
- cuts on ,
- cutting in on ,
- cutting on ,
- dis connect ,
- dis connected ,
- dis connecting ,
- dis connects ,
- dis continue ,
- dis continued ,
- dis continues ,
- dis continuing ,
- dis join ,
- dis joined ,
- dis joining ,
- dis joins ,
- dis unite ,
- dis united ,
- dis unites ,
- dis uniting ,
- dis-connect ,
- dis-connected ,
- dis-connecting ,
- dis-connects ,
- dis-continue ,
- dis-continued ,
- dis-continues ,
- dis-continuing ,
- dis-join ,
- dis-joined ,
- dis-joining ,
- dis-joins ,
- dis-unite ,
- dis-united ,
- dis-unites ,
- dis-uniting ,
- edged in ,
- edges in ,
- edging in ,
- in fringe ,
- in fringed ,
- in fringes ,
- in sinuate ,
- in sinuated ,
- in sinuates ,
- in sinuating ,
- in-fringe ,
- in-fringed ,
- in-fringes ,
- in-sinuate ,
- in-sinuates ,
- in-sinuating ,
- laying aside ,
- working in ,
- works in ,
- wrought in .
- cool ,
- cork ,
- counter ,
- dam ,
- defend against ,
- hinder ,
- impede ,
- obstruct ,
- put an end to ,
- restrict ,
- retard .
- clamped down on ,
- clamping down on ,
- clamps down on ,
- cracked down on ,
- cracks down on ,
- dries up ,
- dummies up ,
- dummying up ,
- tongue tied ,
- tongue ties ,
- tongue tying ,
- tongue-ties ,
- tongue-tying ,
- tonguetie ,
- tonguetied ,
- tongueties ,
- tonguetying .
- call question ,
- called in question ,
- called question ,
- calling in question ,
- calling question ,
- calls in question ,
- calls question ,
- counter attack ,
- counter attacked ,
- counter attacking ,
- counter attacks ,
- counter-attacked ,
- counter-attacking ,
- de bate ,
- de bated ,
- de bates ,
- de bating ,
- de-bate ,
- de-bated ,
- de-bates ,
- de-bating ,
- dis agree ,
- dis agreed ,
- dis agreeing ,
- dis agrees ,
- dis approve ,
- dis approved ,
- dis approves ,
- dis approving ,
- dis-agree ,
- dis-agreed ,
- dis-agreeing ,
- dis-agrees ,
- dis-approve ,
- dis-approved ,
- dis-approves ,
- dis-approving ,
- ex pose ,
- ex posed ,
- ex-pose ,
- ex-posed ,
- ex-posing ,
- faced down ,
- faces down ,
- facing down ,
- flew face of ,
- flew in face of ,
- flew in the face of ,
- flew the face of ,
- flies face of ,
- flies in the face of ,
- flies the face of ,
- fly face of ,
- fly the face of ,
- flying face of ,
- flying in face of ,
- flying in the face of ,
- flying the face of ,
- frowned at ,
- frowning at ,
- frowns at ,
- not countenances ,
- not countenancing ,
- pro tested ,
- pro testing ,
- pro-tested ,
- pro-testing ,
- ran counter to ,
- re verse ,
- re versing ,
- re-verse ,
- re-versed ,
- running counter to ,
- runs counter to ,
- searches out ,
- spake against ,
- speaking against ,
- speaks against ,
- spoke against ,
- standing up to ,
- stands to ,
- stands up to ,
- stood to ,
- take stand ,
- takes a stand ,
- takes issue ,
- takes stand ,
- taking a stand ,
- taking issue ,
- taking stand ,
- took a stand ,
- took issue ,
- took stand ,
- turn tables ,
- turned tables ,
- turning tables ,
- turns tables ,
- turns the tables .
- made impracticable ,
- makes impracticable ,
- making impracticable ,
- puts a stop to ,
- puts stop to ,
- putting a stop to ,
- putting stop to .
- dis abuse ,
- dis abused ,
- dis abuses ,
- dis abusing ,
- dis missed ,
- dis missing ,
- dis-abuse ,
- dis-abused ,
- dis-abuses ,
- dis-abusing ,
- dis-missed ,
- dis-missing ,
- ex crete ,
- ex cretes ,
- ex terminate ,
- ex terminated ,
- ex terminates ,
- ex terminating ,
- ex-crete ,
- ex-cretes ,
- ex-terminate ,
- ex-terminated ,
- ex-terminates ,
- ex-terminating ,
- routed out ,
- routs out ,
- shakes out ,
- shaking out ,
- shook out ,
- sweeping out ,
- sweeps out ,
- un load ,
- un loaded ,
- un loading ,
- un loads ,
- un-load ,
- un-loads ,
- wipe map ,
- wiped map ,
- wiped off map ,
- wipes map ,
- wipes off map ,
- wiping map ,
- wiping off map .
- abstained from ,
- abstaining from ,
- died hard ,
- dieing hard ,
- dies hard ,
- duelled ,
- dying hard ,
- holding out against ,
- keeping from ,
- keeps from ,
- kept from ,
- leaved alone ,
- leaves alone ,
- leaving alone ,
- put a fight ,
- put fight ,
- puts a fight ,
- puts fight ,
- puts up a fight ,
- puts up fight ,
- putting a fight ,
- putting fight ,
- putting up a fight ,
- putting up fight ,
- re main ,
- re mained ,
- re maining ,
- re mains ,
- re-main ,
- re-mains ,
- remained firm ,
- remaining firm ,
- remains firm ,
- struggled against ,
- struggles against ,
- struggling against .
- boxed up ,
- boxes up ,
- boxing up ,
- choked back ,
- chokes back ,
- choking back ,
- cracked down ,
- cracking down ,
- cracks down ,
- de limit ,
- de limited ,
- de limiting ,
- de limits ,
- de-limit ,
- de-limited ,
- de-limiting ,
- de-limits ,
- keep line ,
- keeping down ,
- keeping in line ,
- keeping line ,
- keeps down ,
- keeps in line ,
- keeps line ,
- kept in line ,
- kept line ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- sate on ,
- sits on ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues .
- chokes off ,
- dead ended ,
- dead ending ,
- dead-ended ,
- dead-ending ,
- deadend ,
- deadended ,
- deadending ,
- deadends ,
- hanged fire ,
- hung fire ,
- put back burner ,
- put hold ,
- puts back burner ,
- puts hold ,
- puts on back burner ,
- puts on hold ,
- putting back burner ,
- putting hold ,
- putting on back burner ,
- snookering ,
- snookers ,
- threw a monkey wrench in to ,
- threw a monkey wrench into ,
- threw monkey wrench in to ,
- threw monkey wrench into ,
- throw a monkey wrench in to ,
- throw monkey wrench in to ,
- throw monkey wrench into ,
- throwing a monkey wrench in to ,
- throwing a monkey wrench into ,
- throwing monkey wrench in to ,
- throwing monkey wrench into ,
- throws a monkey wrench in to ,
- throws a monkey wrench into ,
- throws monkey wrench in to ,
- throws monkey wrench into .
- playing off ,
- plays off ,
- snafuing ,
- takes wind out of ,
- taking wind out of ,
- took wind out of ,
- upset one apple cart ,
- upset ones apple cart ,
- upsets one apple cart ,
- upsets one's apple cart ,
- upsets ones apple cart ,
- upsetting one apple cart ,
- upsetting one's apple cart ,
- upsetting ones apple cart .
- keep arm length ,
- keep arms length ,
- keep at arm length ,
- keep at arms length ,
- keep bay ,
- keeping arm length ,
- keeping arm's length ,
- keeping arms length ,
- keeping at arm length ,
- keeping at arm's length ,
- keeping at arms length ,
- keeping at bay ,
- keeping bay ,
- keeping off ,
- keeps arm length ,
- keeps arm's length ,
- keeps arms length ,
- keeps at arm length ,
- keeps at arm's length ,
- keeps at arms length ,
- keeps at bay ,
- keeps bay ,
- keeps off ,
- kept arm length ,
- kept arm's length ,
- kept arms length ,
- kept at arm length ,
- kept at arm's length ,
- kept at arms length ,
- kept bay ,
- kept off ,
- re butted ,
- re butting ,
- re-butted ,
- re-butting .
Other synonyms:
- block off ,
- come between ,
- disbar ,
- freeze-out ,
- guard against ,
- hogtie ,
- hold on to ,
- insure against ,
- reprieve ,
- shackle ,
- shush ,
- stand between ,
- stave off ,
- waylay .
- avoid ,
- blacklist ,
- defeat ,
- head off ,
- hem in ,
- keep away ,
- keep down ,
- keep from ,
- monopolize ,
- preempt ,
- shut up ,
- sit on .
- fight .
- upset .
Other relevant words:
- Beaching ,
- Bitted ,
- Buffaloes ,
- By-pass ,
- DAMPS ,
- Damped ,
- Damping ,
- Depurate ,
- Depurated ,
- Depurating ,
- Disadvise ,
- Disfavored ,
- Disfavoring ,
- Disinclining ,
- Downs ,
- En Garde ,
- Entrapped ,
- Estop ,
- Filibustering ,
- Forbore ,
- Forfend ,
- Harnessing ,
- Indisposing ,
- Intermeddle ,
- Intermeddling ,
- Intermitted ,
- Intermitting ,
- Juke ,
- Jukes ,
- Loitered ,
- Parried ,
- Paused ,
- Preventing ,
- Prolonging ,
- Prorogued ,
- Proroguing ,
- Refusing ,
- Remanded ,
- Remanding ,
- Repulsing ,
- Scotched ,
- Scotching ,
- Shelving ,
- Shunted ,
- Shunting ,
- Stoppering ,
- Stranding ,
- Suppressing ,
- Tabooed ,
- Tabooing ,
- Worsting ,
- act like a wet blanket ,
- anticipate ,
- arrest ,
- avert ,
- balk ,
- ban ,
- be early ,
- be one step ahead of ,
- beat someone to it ,
- bide time ,
- block ,
- blockaded ,
- blockading ,
- bollix ,
- bollixed ,
- bollixing ,
- bottlenecked ,
- bottlenecking ,
- buffalo ,
- buffaloed ,
- busybodied ,
- by-passed ,
- by-passes ,
- by-passing ,
- cheat ,
- check ,
- circumvent ,
- clamp down on ,
- close down ,
- close off ,
- close up ,
- closed down ,
- closed off ,
- closed up ,
- closes up ,
- closing down ,
- closing off ,
- closing up ,
- corked ,
- corking ,
- counteract ,
- crack down on ,
- cracking down on ,
- cramp one's style ,
- cramp style ,
- dash one's hope ,
- dashed hope ,
- declare illegal ,
- delay ,
- depurates ,
- deter ,
- detoured ,
- detouring ,
- discomfit ,
- discourage ,
- disincline ,
- disinclines ,
- dissuade ,
- double cross ,
- doublecross ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- drag feet ,
- drag one's feet ,
- dried up ,
- dry up ,
- drying up ,
- dummied up ,
- dummy up ,
- encumber ,
- encumbered ,
- ensnared ,
- except ,
- exclude ,
- expiates ,
- fend ,
- fending off ,
- filibustered ,
- foil ,
- fool with ,
- forbid ,
- forbidding ,
- forestall ,
- freeze out ,
- frustrate ,
- gain time ,
- get around ,
- get in the way ,
- get involved ,
- getting around ,
- give run around ,
- give the run around ,
- give the run-around ,
- give the runaround ,
- give the slip ,
- got involved ,
- ground ,
- hamper ,
- hang up ,
- head off at pass ,
- held down ,
- held in ,
- held over ,
- hinders ,
- hobble ,
- hold back ,
- hold down ,
- hold in ,
- hold off ,
- hold over ,
- holding in ,
- holds back ,
- hoodwinked ,
- ice out ,
- iced ,
- illegalize ,
- impeded ,
- indispose ,
- inhibits ,
- intercept ,
- interfere ,
- interfere with ,
- interfered with ,
- interferes with ,
- interfering ,
- interfering with ,
- intermeddled ,
- intermeddles ,
- intermediated ,
- intermediates ,
- intermediating ,
- intermit ,
- interrupt ,
- keep arm's length ,
- keep at arm's length ,
- keep at bay ,
- keep back ,
- keep off ,
- keep out ,
- keeping back ,
- keeping out ,
- keeps back ,
- keeps out ,
- kept at bay ,
- kept back ,
- kept out ,
- knock down ,
- knocked down ,
- knocking down ,
- knocks down ,
- lay over ,
- leash ,
- lock up ,
- locked up ,
- locking up ,
- locks up ,
- look away ,
- make impracticable ,
- make off with ,
- making off with ,
- mix in ,
- mixed in ,
- mow down ,
- mowed down ,
- mowing down ,
- mows down ,
- muzzle ,
- neutralize ,
- nixing ,
- obtrude ,
- occlude ,
- oppose ,
- out wit ,
- outlaw ,
- outlawed ,
- outwitting ,
- over-ride ,
- parry ,
- pass up ,
- passed by ,
- passed up ,
- play for time ,
- play off ,
- played off ,
- playing for time ,
- plays for time ,
- poke nose in ,
- preclude ,
- prepare for ,
- prepared for ,
- prorogue ,
- prorogues ,
- proscribe ,
- protract ,
- provide against ,
- purge ,
- put a damper on ,
- put a stop to ,
- put damper on ,
- put off ,
- put stop to ,
- put the chill on ,
- queered ,
- queering ,
- queers ,
- quieten ,
- quietened ,
- rein in ,
- reined in ,
- reins in ,
- remand ,
- remands ,
- render null and void ,
- resist ,
- restrain ,
- rout out ,
- routing out ,
- ruin ,
- rule out ,
- run circles around ,
- run rings around ,
- say no ,
- says no ,
- scotches ,
- shake off ,
- shake out ,
- shakes off ,
- shortstop ,
- shove aside ,
- shoved aside ,
- shuffle off ,
- shunt ,
- shunts ,
- shut out ,
- shutting out ,
- slacken pace ,
- slackens ,
- slow down ,
- slowed down ,
- snafued ,
- stall ,
- stay ,
- steer clear of ,
- steering clear of ,
- stop up ,
- stopped up ,
- stoppered ,
- stops up ,
- strands ,
- stultify ,
- stymie ,
- suppress ,
- sweep out ,
- swept out ,
- taboo ,
- take aback ,
- take away ,
- take out of play ,
- take wind out of ,
- takes aback ,
- taking aback ,
- taking away ,
- talk out of ,
- talking out of ,
- throw a curve ,
- throw cold water on ,
- throw monkey wrench in ,
- thwart ,
- tie one's hands ,
- tongue tie ,
- tongue-tie ,
- took aback ,
- took away ,
- turn aside ,
- turn away ,
- turned aside ,
- turned away ,
- turning aside ,
- turning away ,
- turns away ,
- up set ,
- upset apple cart ,
- upset one's apple cart ,
- upset the apple cart ,
- ward off ,
- wipe off map ,
- withhold ,
- withholds ,
- worsted .
- Counterchecking ,
- Counterwork ,
- Negatived ,
- Negativing ,
- cancel out ,
- canceled out ,
- cancelled out ,
- cancelling out ,
- counter-balance ,
- counter-balances ,
- countercheck ,
- counterchecks ,
- counterworking ,
- go against ,
- offsetting .
- Bulwarked ,
- Bulwarking ,
- Garrisoned ,
- Garrisoning ,
- Housed ,
- Warred ,
- Wars ,
- beat off ,
- care for ,
- cared for ,
- cares for ,
- fight for ,
- fortify ,
- hold at bay ,
- keep safe ,
- look after ,
- looked after ,
- looking after ,
- looks after ,
- panoplied ,
- provide sanctuary ,
- repel danger ,
- retain ,
- watch over ,
- watched over ,
- watching over .
- advise against ,
- caution against ,
- cry out against ,
- exhort ,
- lean on ,
- leaning on ,
- persuade not to ,
- remonstrate ,
- throw a wet blanket on ,
- urge not to .
- Embargoed ,
- Embargoing ,
- drive out ,
- drives out ,
- driving out ,
- force out ,
- forces out ,
- forcing out ,
- foreclose ,
- leave out ,
- leaves out ,
- leaving out ,
- left out ,
- lock out ,
- refuse admittance ,
- setting aside ,
- shut the door on ,
- sidelined ,
- veto .
- INS ,
- Inned ,
- Interrupting ,
- break train of thought ,
- bust in ,
- chime in ,
- crowd in ,
- cut in on ,
- edge in ,
- heckle ,
- heckling ,
- infringe ,
- laid aside ,
- lay aside ,
- lays aside ,
- put in ,
- puts in ,
- putting in ,
- work in ,
- worked in .
- call in question ,
- counter-attack ,
- counter-attacks ,
- counterattacked ,
- counterattacking ,
- face down ,
- fly in face of ,
- fly in the face of ,
- frown at ,
- not countenance ,
- not countenanced ,
- run counter to ,
- search out ,
- searched out ,
- searching out ,
- speak against ,
- stand to ,
- stand up to ,
- standing to ,
- stood up to ,
- take a stand ,
- take issue ,
- turn the tables ,
- turned the tables .
- debar ,
- draw off ,
- fend off ,
- halt ,
- keep from happening ,
- limit ,
- nip in the bud ,
- override ,
- repress ,
- stop from .
- bar ,
- box in ,
- boxes in ,
- bring to screeching halt ,
- gridlock ,
- gridlocked ,
- jam up ,
- keep lid on ,
- pass on ,
- passed on ,
- passes on ,
- passing on ,
- prohibit ,
- put a lock on ,
- put a stopper in ,
- put chill on ,
- put half nelson on ,
- put lock on ,
- zinging .
- Dueling ,
- Hards ,
- abstain from ,
- abstains from ,
- die hard ,
- duel ,
- dueled ,
- duelling ,
- harded ,
- harding ,
- held out against ,
- hold out against ,
- holds out against ,
- leave alone ,
- left alone ,
- put up a fight ,
- put up fight ,
- remain firm ,
- struggle against .
- Manacled ,
- Manacling ,
- Pinioning ,
- box up ,
- choke back ,
- crack down ,
- keep in line ,
- kept down ,
- pinion ,
- pinioned ,
- pinions ,
- pull back ,
- pulled back ,
- pulling back ,
- pulls back ,
- sitting on ,
- tie down ,
- tied down ,
- ties down ,
- tying down .
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How to use "Prevent" in context?
Preventing accidents is important because it can help to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities that occur as a result of accidents. There are a number of ways that you can help to prevent accidents from happening. You can take steps to make sure that you are driving safely and obey the traffic laws. You can also ensure that you are familiar with the areas around you so that you can avoid accidents when you are out and about. Preventing accidents is a good way to stay safe and protect yourself.
Paraphrases for Prevent:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
Preventing.
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Proper noun, singular
Prevented, Preventing, prevents.
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Noun, singular or mass
Preventing.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
inhibit.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Foreign word
preventative.
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Adjective
preventative, Avoiding, pre-empting.
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Proper noun, singular
preventative, stop, Avoiding, halts, initiatives, strategies, centres.
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Noun, singular or mass
preventative, stop.
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Adverb
better.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
are, discourage, exclude, forbid, interfere, obstruct, restrict, stop, undermine.
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Verb, base form
alleviate, anticipate, arms, circumvent, constrain, contain, curb, deprive, disallow, discourage, disqualify, disrupt, dissuade, distract, divert, eradicate, escape, evade, exclude, forbid, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, impair, interfere, interrupt, jeopardize, mitigate, negate, obstruct, obviate, overcome, precede, preclude, preempt, preserve, proscribe, relieve, remove, repress, restrain, restrict, reverse, stave, stem, stifle, stop, suppress, tackle, thwart, undermine, Avoiding, Forewarn, Relating, Measures, excludes, side-step, pre-empt.
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Foreign word
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Other Related
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Adjective
preventable.
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Noun, singular or mass
preventable.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
preventative.
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Verb, base form
counteract, preventative, resist.
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Adjective
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