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.
Random good picture Not show
181. France and Germany have signed a bilateral agreement to help prevent drug smuggling.
182. She rinses out her mouth every morning to prevent bad breath.
183. Homeowners are clearing away brush near their houses to prevent fires.
184. Nothing would prevent him / his speaking out against further injustices.
185. His passport was confiscated by the police to prevent him from leaving the country.
186. The volunteers' task is to spread knowledge of how to prevent the disease.
187. Smear Vaseline on to your baby's skin to prevent soreness.
188. The windows are boarded up to prevent the thieves from breaking in.
189. We recognized the possibility and took steps to prevent it happening.
190. All these measures were calculated to prevent water - logging by rainstorm or mountain torrents.
191. Police are out in force to prevent a recurrence of the violence.
192. New measures are needed to prevent fraudsters opening bank accounts with stolen cheques.
193. Divorce would not prevent the Prince of Wales's succession to the throne.
194. The children were removed from their parents to prevent harm to them.
195. Conceivably, supporters of the law could filibuster to prevent it from being revised.
196. Any exposed pipework should be insulated to prevent it from freezing.
197. The group objected that the policy would prevent patients from receiving the best treatment.
198. Urgent talks are going on to prevent the market going into financial meltdown during the summer.
199. The thickness of the mulch will prevent weeds growing around the shrubs.
200. She tried to get a court order to prevent him from coming near her.
201. Repeated interventions on the currency markets have failed to prevent the value of the currency falling.
202. The army was brought in to try to prevent further bloodshed.
203. Your community officer can give you advice on how to prevent crime in your area.
204. Antibodies from the mother's milk line the baby's intestines and prevent infection.
205. Engineers are working to prevent the tower from toppling over.
206. The test questions are kept secret so as to prevent cheating.
207. Relative poverty, however, did not prevent Martin from equipping himself with an excellent education.
208. The exterior walls are three to three and a half feet thick to prevent penetration by bombs.
208. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
209. Cotton mittens will prevent the baby from scratching his own face.
210. Seemingly, we can do nothing to prevent this from happening.
More similar words: prevention, revenue, event, events, seventy, seventh, irreverent, eventual, in any event, eventually, even though, in the event of, for ever, revert, reveal, reverse, even, prevail, previous, even if, eleven, even now, revelation, evening, irreverence, previously, even when, prevarication, good evening, invent.