Keep from happening or arising; make impossible.
Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.
1 That would prevent 23andme from providing health information direct to consumers' homes.
2 Home Secretary Alan Johnson said the ban aimed to help prevent terrorism.
3 EU laws can prevent parliament from tackling abuses and problems at home.
4 Europe can and must do more to prevent this kind of violence.
5 Groups working to help prevent suicide throughout the north-west have money problems.
6 The new sewage treatment facilities should help prevent disease outbreaks, officials said.
7 The plan is to prevent higher costs driving business out of Europe.
8 In addition, many are attempting to prevent the risk of market abuse.
9 It recommends Canada create a new security tsar to prevent future attacks.
10 And our challenge today is to try to prevent that, he said.
11 A floor in home prices will also prevent future foreclosures, Zandi said.
12 The Obama administration also used TARP funds to help prevent home foreclosures.
13 Jones said governments that treat food and water separately cannot prevent malnutrition.
14 Specific prevention measures may prevent transmission through these vehicles in the future.
15 It takes a long time to prevent and control the sand fully.
16 Protect Yourself Unfortunately, sites can't prevent XSS attacks simply by encrypting connections.
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