Synonym: block, deter, forbid, hinder, inhibit, keep from, preclude, prohibit, stop, thwart. Antonym: permit. Similar words: prevention, revenue, event, events, seventy, seventh, irreverent, eventual. Meaning: [prɪ'vent] 
v. 1. keep from happening or arising; make impossible 2. prevent from doing something or being in a certain state.
v. 1. keep from happening or arising; make impossible 2. prevent from doing something or being in a certain state. 
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91. Always keep food covered to prevent contamination by flies.
92. Rent controls were introduced to prevent profiteering.
93. Stir the custard occasionally to prevent a skin forming.
94. Vitamin C is popularly believed to prevent colds.
95. They were trying to prevent an even worse tragedy.
96. We must prevent Aids from walking abroad.
97. Tree cover would prevent further soil erosion.
98. Early action could prevent a large number of repossessions.
99. Regular buffing helps prevent nails from splitting.
100. How can we prevent such distress?
101. International safeguards prevent the increase of nuclear weapons.
102. No one can prevent you from attending this meeting.
103. The captain exercised all reasonable diligence to prevent the ship from sinking.
104. The chops should be cooked over moderate heat to prevent excessive charring.
105. Patrick lifted the gate to prevent it scraping along the ground.
106. This can prevent air from flowing freely to the lungs.
107. A dentist may decide to extract the tooth to prevent recurrent trouble.
108. The whole affair is an outrage and the authorities have done nothing to prevent it.
109. He's a doctor with clear views on how to prevent illness.
110. It was too late to prevent the story from appearing in the national newspapers.
111. They are only doing what is necessary to prevent wholesale destruction of vegetation.
112. If we act fast, we can once and for all prevent wild animals in Britain from suffering terrible cruelty.
113. The court ruled to prevent public disclosure of the contents of the documents.
114. Keep the caps on the bottles to prevent foreign bodies entering them .
115. Charity organizations have chastised the Government for not doing enough to prevent the latest famine in Africa.
116. The police barred the exits in an attempt to prevent the terrorist's escape.
117. The windows had been boarded and nailed up to prevent thieves from entering the empty house.
118. The foundations will have to be reinforced to prevent the house from sinking further into the ground.
118. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and make good sentences.
119. Cooked garlic helps to prevent blood clotting, and so reduces the risk of heart attack.
120. The police are still smarting from their failure to prevent the robbery.
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