Causing an event or condition that would otherwise occur to not occur.
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Examples for "stopping"
Examples for "stopping"
1Aunt Rutherford mentioned stopping by their London town house before heading home.
2Some neighboring countries have closed their borders with several countries stopping flights.
3Response time: Vehicle stopping to missile firing is five minutes - BBC
4Yet many others said they had no intention of stopping the demonstrations.
5You may want to consider stopping the primary slave just in case.
1Public health agencies need a better long-term solution for prevention: a vaccine.
2The UK's crime prevention minister said the UK was addressing the threat.
3While prevention was a key focus, the programme would also support victims.
4Her passions include suicide prevention, violence prevention, healthy relationships, housing and research.
5Ultimately, however, the obesity epidemic requires a major focus on primary prevention.
1One serious issue we fear is an interruption in financing, he said.
2I did not understand this, but I let him continue without interruption.
3We present data that indicate a psychological benefit from structured treatment interruption.
4The most common reason for an interruption was to verify patient information.
5Lack of treatment interruption may improve long-term immunological outcome in HIV infection.
1They include perjury, abuse of power, witness tampering and obstruction of justice.
2And she found an actual delight in bounding over the next obstruction.
3It did not conclude whether those actions constituted the crime of obstruction.
4And it is apparently becoming a greater obstruction with each passing year.
5Maximum detrusor contractility power showed significant positive correlation with bladder outlet obstruction.
1The Devourer's interception action did not continue for long and soon ceased.
2Safety Sam Carter also had an interception in the first 15 minutes.
3This allows the South African government to have their own interception centres.
4Yes, the target satellite's orbit was known well ahead of the interception.
5White's second interception of the game set up a tying field goal.
1It says £5 billion a year is lost through aggressive tax avoidance.
2Tax avoidance measures in the budget will save £1bn over five years.
3By occupying tax-dodging businesses, UKUncut forced a national debate about tax avoidance.
4Tax evasion and avoidance cost European states one trillion euros per year.
5It described frequent tax avoidance and even cases of suspected money laundering.
1We might want to think about another possible hindrance to our plans.
2Some are free from hindrance and in the power of the will.
3The absence of help was in this case a very positive hindrance.
4The young man meant well, but his presence could be a hindrance.
5The party, however, did not succeed in crossing the market-place without hindrance.
1Healthcare costs are also a major impediment to job growth, he said.
2Tougher rules for the financial sector overall may also be an impediment.
3The Greek Government had put no impediment in the way of arbitration.
4Sure, concern about data privacy is an impediment to luring shoppers online.
5The impediment made the car swerve and it ran into a lamp-post.
1Weinstein underwent surgery at Bellevue to clear a heart blockage last week.
2The company said it would take three weeks to remove the blockage.
3She had tried three times and was unable to open the blockage.
4They had looked for such a blockage, but in the wrong places.
5I've a blockage there, so that my eyes go red a lot.
1I don't know exactly where it is, she said, forestalling, Strike's question.
2Convincing them he was asleep was his only hope of forestalling torture.
3Senator Sakai made a sharp gesture with one hand, forestalling Costa's counterattack.
4Recognition that a problem could develop is the first step towards forestalling it.
5I lifted a hand, forestalling whatever Butters was about to say.
Translations for deterence