Fits
Prevent
Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
Both words in one sentence
- Even though he's one of the most powerful Soul Reapers, his illness seems to prevent him from fighting for very long, and he appears to lapse into coughing fits at inopportune moments.
Source: Sickly Prodigy - In Neverwinter Nights 2, Ammon Jerro fits this trope due to his efforts to prevent the freeing of a Sealed Evil in a Can, which are extreme enough that the protagonist believes him to be the canned evil itself for quite a while.
- The SI fits this after Docter Scaglietti gives him a new, magic-capable form As Lethal as It Needs to Be: With the right Device setting, spells can't kill people, and functional Barrier Jackets prevent most kinds of indirect damage.
Source: Fan Fic / The New Math
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