Contain and Prevent

Contain

Contain verb - To have within.

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Prevent and contain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prevent" instead a verb "Contain".

Nearby Words: container, containing, containment, containable

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

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Contain and prevent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contain" instead a verb "Prevent".

power	contain power	prevent power
people	contain people	prevent people
kind	contain kind	prevent kind
sort	contain sort	prevent sort
Other words: situation, characters, enemies.

Pandemic: The players must coordinate their movements across the board to prevent and contain the recursive spread of disease outbreaks.

Source: Sliding Scale of Cooperation vs. Competition
In Metroid Prime, Samus must contain the threat of Phazon and the mutated Metroid Prime on Tallon IV and prevent the Space Pirates from exploiting it, but the planet itself is mostly scenery.

Source: Sequel Escalation
She also convinces as many programmers as she can who possesses the required knowledge to emigrate, in order to contain that information and prevent a hostile A.I.

Source: Fan Fic / Friendship Is Optimal

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