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Definition of prevention

the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

Similar Words: bar

Hyponyms: averting, debarment, disqualification, interception, nonproliferation, non-proliferation, obviation, forestalling, preclusion, prophylaxis, save, suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling

Derivational Morphology: bar, debar, exclude, prevent, keep

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