To prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action

• avert

  1. To turn away:
  2. To turn away
  3. To keep from happening; prevent:

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  1. To turn away:
  2. To turn away
  3. To keep from happening; prevent:

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• forfend

  1. (Dated) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
  2. To keep or ward off; avert.
  3. To ward off; prevent

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  1. (Dated) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
  2. To keep or ward off; avert.
  3. To ward off; prevent

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• obviate

  1. To keep from happening or render unnecessary.
  2. To make unnecessary
  3. To do away with or prevent by effective measures

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  1. To keep from happening or render unnecessary.
  2. To make unnecessary
  3. To do away with or prevent by effective measures

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• preclude

  1. To make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent.
  2. To exclude or prevent (someone) from a given condition or activity:

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  1. To make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent.
  2. To exclude or prevent (someone) from a given condition or activity:

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• prevent

  1. To keep from happening; avert:
  2. To anticipate (a need, objection, etc.)
  3. To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede:

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  1. To keep from happening; avert:
  2. To anticipate (a need, objection, etc.)
  3. To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede:

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• rule out

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• stave off

  1. (Idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert

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  1. (Idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert

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• ward

  1. To turn aside; fend off; parry
  2. (Archaic) To keep watch over; guard; protect
  3. To guard; protect.

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  1. To turn aside; fend off; parry
  2. (Archaic) To keep watch over; guard; protect
  3. To guard; protect.

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To hinder

• thwart

  1. To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of (someone).
  2. To hinder, obstruct, frustrate, or defeat (a person, plans, etc.)
  3. To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of:

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  1. To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of (someone).
  2. To hinder, obstruct, frustrate, or defeat (a person, plans, etc.)
  3. To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of:

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• prevent

  1. To keep from happening; avert:
  2. To anticipate (a need, objection, etc.)
  3. To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede:

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  1. To keep from happening; avert:
  2. To anticipate (a need, objection, etc.)
  3. To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede:

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• avert

  1. To turn away:
  2. To turn away
  3. To keep from happening; prevent:

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  1. To turn away:
  2. To turn away
  3. To keep from happening; prevent:

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To anticipate

• provide against

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• be ready for

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• get ahead of

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