Effect
Effect verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Prevent
Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Similarly, Disease from the Wild ARMs games will prevent the character from healing while it's in effect.
Source: Standard Status Effects - To prevent another melee and eventual Tauran success they pull out the last nukes (not actual nukes, but they have a similar effect) and detonate them just outside the stasis field.
Source: Literature / The Forever War -
These policies are in full effect when Hill tries to prevent The Avengers from re-forming following the breakout at the Raft super-villain prison.
Source: Comic Book / Maria Hill
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