prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
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- prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid — keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing
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