Prevent and Trigger

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Prevent

Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
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Antonyms for Prevent
Trigger is an antonym for prevent.
Nearby Words: prevention, preventive, preventing, preventable, preventer

Trigger

Trigger verb - To cause to function.
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Synonyms for Trigger
Antonyms for Trigger
Prevent is an antonym for trigger in cause to happen topic.
Nearby Words: trig, triggered, trigged, triggering, trigging
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Common collocations

fire prevent fire trigger fire
attack prevent attack trigger attack
crash prevent crash trigger crash
end prevent end trigger end
Other words: death, destruction, time, game, disaster, apocalypse, release, invasion, damage, war, attacks.

Both words in one sentence

  • Machinima / Freeman's Mind They just have a built in "safe action" piece on the trigger to prevent the gun from going off too easily.
    Source: Machinima / Freeman's Mind
  • It Works Better with Bullets: Lily taunts a killer using a Human Shield into pulling the trigger because she knows the extreme cold will prevent the pistol from firing.
    Source: Comic Book / Whiteout
  • Whiteout. The British spy taunts a killer using a Human Shield into pulling the trigger because she knows the extreme cold will prevent the pistol from firing.
    Source: It Works Better with Bullets
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