Prevented synonyms
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Resist is defined as to fend off, oppose or work against.
interfered with
interrupted (related)
Broken by interruption; not continuous
To rule against; not permit; prohibit
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Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.
To act in advance of; get ahead of; anticipate
To have or hold and not let go
To give notice to (a person) to stay or keep (off, away, etc.)
The power of one branch of government to prohibit a certain action by another; for example, the chief executive’s right to refuse to sign a legislature-passed bill into law.
The definition of thwart is to hinder or stop something from happening.
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To check or stop (a natural flow, secretion, or excretion)
To stifle is to stop someone from breathing or suppress actions by yourself or others.
To prevent or limit the synthesis of (a protein).
To prohibit is to forbid someone from doing something or to prevent something from being done.
To prevent from happening by acting ahead of time; forestall
To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
To bring into a condition of helpless inactivity; make ineffective or powerless
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To block or stop up (a passage) with obstacles or impediments; dam; clog
To confine within bounds; set a limit to; restrict; curb
(Now Rare) To stop, hinder, or prevent
To decrease, limit, or block the action or function of something in the body, as an enzyme or organ.
To bar or hinder the progress of; obstruct or delay
To keep back; restrain; get in the way of; prevent; stop
To hamper is defined as to stop someone from doing something or stop something from progressing as it should.
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To serve as a guard.
(Mech.) To choke or stop up (a valve, etc.)
The definition of frustrate is to hinder someone's plans or efforts, or to make someone feel annoyed because you are hindering their efforts or refusing to cooperate.
Forbear is defined as to stop yourself from doing something.
To foil is defined as to keep something from happening.
To deter is defined as to keep someone from completing an action by giving them fear or doubt.
To exclude or shut out; bar.
Dam is defined as to create a barrier to hold back liquid.
The definition of circumvent means to get around or surround someone or something.
To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers
To stop or impede the passage of or movement through; obstruct:
(Archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
To fasten with or as with a bar
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To stop, check, block.
To stop; check.
To think, speak, or write about a matter in advance.
To act, do, move, etc. counter to (a person or thing); oppose or check
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(Software, object-oriented) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
To counteract is to act in opposition to or against some force in order to neutralize the force.
To retard is to prevent progress or growth.
Check means to test, examine, compare or inspect something to see if it is as it should be.
encouraged (antonym)
To give support to; be favorable to; foster; help
caused (antonym)
To be the cause of or reason for; result in.
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allowed (antonym)
The definition of allow means to permit or to give permission.
aided (antonym)
To give help or relief (to); assist
helped (antonym)
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
permitted (antonym)
The definition of permit is to allow something.
To enforce (a lien, deed of trust, or mortgage) in whatever manner is provided for by law.
Find another word for prevented. In this page you can discover 62 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for prevented, like: obviated, stopped, restrained, resisted, interfered with, interrupted, forbidden, precluded, forestalled, kept and warned.