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Similar Words: prevent, forestall, foreclose, forbid, rule out, close out

 

Hyponyms: save, make unnecessary, debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off, obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass, thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk, stop, halt, kibosh

 

Derivational Morphology: obviation, forestalling, preclusion