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1 The swollen stream will prevent egress from the valley till it subsides.
2 They were so arranged as to prevent egress from the park.
3 STRANGER: As to the first kind-allthat surrounds and encloses anything to prevent egress , may be rightly called an enclosure.
4 She promised me, insolently enough, to bolt the door outside to prevent egress , and I, to prevent ingress, locked it within.
5 It was decided to sink the collier Merrimac at a narrow point in the channel, where, lying full length, she would completely prevent egress .
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