Ban and Prevent

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Ban

Ban verb - To order not to do or use or to be done or used.

Usage example: the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings

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Prevent is a synonym for ban in exclude topic. In some cases you can use "Prevent" instead a verb "Ban", when it comes to topics like bar, forbid, officially forbid.

Nearby Word: banned

Prevent

Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.

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Ban is a synonym for prevent in exclude topic. Sometimes you can use "Ban" instead a verb "Prevent".

Nearby Words: prevention, preventive, preventing, preventable, preventer

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people	ban people	prevent people
someone	ban someone	prevent someone
use	ban use	prevent use
game	ban game	prevent game
Other words: magic, anyone, player, players, heroes.

Both words in one sentence

Since the original ban on gambling was made to prevent players from intentionally losing games, whether or not Pete Rose's ban is a fair judgment remains one of baseball's open debates.

Source: Useful Notes / Baseball
In order to prevent Yuzuki's insanity from escalating, the group decided to ban Tsukuru, believing he was the only in the group mature and emotionally stable enough to handle it.

Source: Literature / Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage
We must ban his shows/toys/music now to prevent that!

Source: Tropers / RAM Ch YLD

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