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prevent

verb arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, balk, bar, block, check, checkmate, circumvent, contest, counter, counteract, countercheck, cut off, debar, defeat, deflect, delay, detain, deter, discourage, estop, fend off, foil, forbid, foreclose, forestall, forfend, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, hold back, impede, impedire, inhibit, intercept, interfere, interrupt, keep from, keep from happening, limit, muzzle, neutralize, obstruct, obviate, oppose, override, overrule, paralyze, parry, preclude, prohibere, prohibit, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, rule out, stave off, stay, stop, thwart, tie, turn aside, turn away, veto, ward off
Associated concepts: prevent competition, prevent waste, prevented by law, prevention of performance
Foreign phrases: Qui non prohibet id quod prohibere potest assentire videtur.He who does not forbid what he is able to prevent, is deemed to assent.

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This review is surely an acceptance that many have lost faith in Prevent: various communities, academics and senior officials have all criticised the government for its poor implementation of the strategy.

United Kingdom : Labour secures independent review of Prevent Strategy Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds, Shadow Minister for Security, said: "This review is surely an acceptance that many have lost faith in Prevent.

Prevent: Tories launch review into 'toxic' anti-terror scheme after long campaign; Labour hailed the review after a campaign by the party and branded it "an acceptance that many have lost faith in Prevent"

With last year's nation-wide expansion of the service area, additional changes in staff were made to continue the same great service PREVENT customers have come to expect.

Jodi Clem Named President of PREVENT Life Safety Services

The study team at the University of Edinburgh said it is too soon to say whether eating olive oil in your diet can help to prevent brain cancer.

Olive oil 'may help prevent brain cancer'

production of miR-7, which helps prevent tumours from forming, the study said.

Olive oil nutrient may help prevent brain cancer: Study

They found that oleic acid prevents a cell protein, known as MSI2, from stopping production of miR-7.

Olive oil nutrient may help prevent brain cancer: Study

"It seems to me that Prevent could benefit from independent review," he added.

Discriminatory & Ineffective: Watchdog Slams UK Anti-Radicalization Program

False -- Athletes often incorrectly think that their helmets and pads prevent severe neck injuries.

What the football coach should know about catastrophic cervical cord injuries

Make sure your pest management professional applies appropriate sealants to help prevent rodents from gnawing through the exterior.

If you build it, they will come: using facility design to keep out pests

The circular FlatGallery with Hood features a slotted surface that prevents raindrops from directly hitting the building.

Sugita Ace Launches Detachable Ventilation Hatch

Herold predicts that future research will focus on developing combination microbicides, "so we can hit the virus at several different steps." This would also help prevent the virus from becoming drug resistant.

Of microbicides & vaccines

Most knew that medication can prevent outbreaks (91%) and can speed the healing of sores (96%), and that condoms can help prevent the spread of the disease between partners (92%).