To prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action

• ward

  1. A room in a hospital usually holding six or more patients.
  2. A division in a hospital for the care of a particular group of patients:
  3. A division of a city or town, especially an electoral district, for administrative and representative purposes.

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  1. A room in a hospital usually holding six or more patients.
  2. A division in a hospital for the care of a particular group of patients:
  3. A division of a city or town, especially an electoral district, for administrative and representative purposes.

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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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• rule out

  1. To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
  2. (idiomatic) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
  3. (idiomatic) To make something impossible.

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  1. To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
  2. (idiomatic) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
  3. (idiomatic) To make something impossible.

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• prevent

  1. To keep from happening; avert:
  2. To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede:
  3. To anticipate or counter in advance.

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  1. To keep from happening; avert:
  2. To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede:
  3. To anticipate or counter in advance.

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• obviate

  1. To keep from happening or render unnecessary.

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  1. To keep from happening or render unnecessary.

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• forfend

  1. To keep or ward off; avert.
  2. To forbid.

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  1. To keep or ward off; avert.
  2. To forbid.

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• forestall

  1. To delay, hinder, or prevent (an event, for example) by taking action beforehand:
  2. To delay, hinder, or prevent (someone) from doing something by taking action beforehand.
  3. To prevent or hinder normal sales in (a market), as by buying up merchandise.

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  1. To delay, hinder, or prevent (an event, for example) by taking action beforehand:
  2. To delay, hinder, or prevent (someone) from doing something by taking action beforehand.
  3. To prevent or hinder normal sales in (a market), as by buying up merchandise.

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• avert

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

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

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