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"Prevent"
Keywords:
happening
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tact
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thwart
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frustrate
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hinder
To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.
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keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
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To keep from happening, stop something before it starts.
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To stop from happening.
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Keywords:
beforehand
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anticipate
To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
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Keywords:
snoring
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asleep
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marbles
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eating
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falling
prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"
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Keywords:
precede
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ahead
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hence
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english
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guide
To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.
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to go ahead of (early English); precede
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Keywords:
come
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time
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usual
To come before the usual time.
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