prevention

  • 101prevention — noun Date: 1582 the act of preventing or hindering …

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  • 102prevention — Synonyms and related words: Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition Party, Volstead Act, abortion, anticipation, arrest, arrestation, arresting, avoidance, avoiding, avoiding reaction, balk, balking, ban, banning, bar, barring, block, blocking, check,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 103prevention — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. stoppage, forestalling, arrest, arresting, preclusion, obviating, bar, debarring, halt, impeding, foil, retardation, repression, restraint, restriction, inhibition, interception, overriding, circumvention, hindering,… …

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  • 104prevention — pre ven·tion || prɪ venʃn n. aversion, avoidance; act of delaying, act of forestalling; hindrance, impediment …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 105prevention — n. Obstruction, stoppage, hindrance, interruption …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 106prevention — n 1. impediment, hindrance, obstacle, block, obstruction, barrier, oppilation, obtrusion, interference; interruption, determent, stoppage, arrest, check; retardation, forestalling; curb, inhibition, restraint, constraint, restriction,… …

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  • 107prevention — pre·ven·tion …

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  • 108prevention — pre•ven•tion [[t]prɪˈvɛn ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of preventing; effectual hindrance 2) something that prevents; preventive • Etymology: 1520–30; < LL …

    From formal English to slang

  • 109prevention — /prəˈvɛnʃən/ (say pruh venshuhn) noun 1. the act of preventing; effectual hindrance. 2. a preventive …

  • 110prévention — nf. prévêchon (Albanais), prévinchon (Villards Thônes) …

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