verb
ADVERB
▪ effectively
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This new legislation effectively ~s us from trading.
▪ reliably , successfully
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a study to determine whether the brace can reliably ~ knee injuries
▪ possibly , potentially
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Better intelligence could have possibly ~ed the attack.
▪ completely
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These barriers completely ~ new companies from entering the market.
▪ forcibly , physically
▪ thereby
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The drug inhibits the replication of cancer cells, thereby ~ing their spread.
VERB + PREVENT
▪ be able to , be unable to , can
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No one can ~ you from attending this meeting.
▪ attempt to , seek to , take action to , take steps to , try to
▪ help (to)
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A good sunscreen will help ~ sunburn.
▪ be designed to
▪ be nothing to , do nothing to
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There's nothing to ~ these guys from copying our idea.
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The whole affair is an outrage and the authorities have done nothing to ~ it.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
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They took action to ~ the disease from spreading.
PHRASES
▪ aimed at ~ing sth
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new measures aimed at ~ing accidents
▪ action to ~ sth , measures to ~ sth
▪ an attempt to ~ sth
▪ in order to ~ sth
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Action must be swift in order to ~ 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