preventing

Meaning

of Prevent

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

prevention prohibitory saving stopping blocking avoidance inhibitory jamming preventive preclude avert prohibitive hindering forestall preventative
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Antonyms

making cuddling doing fashioning goading snuggling
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Phrases with the word

disease-preventing bedsore-preventing method of preventing pregnancy by preventing

Examples

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. Bertrand Russell

I believe in preventing cruelty to all living beings in any form. Morarji Desai

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business. Paul Valéry

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty. Maimonides

Preventing someone from falling is better than helping him get up. Italian Proverb

Better preventing than fixing. Portuguese Proverb