Force and Prevent

Opposite meaning words

Force verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.

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Prevent is an antonym for force in obligate to do something topic.

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

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Force is an antonym for prevent.

character	force character	prevent character
people	force people	prevent people
someone	force someone	prevent someone
team	force team	prevent team
Other words: end, characters, world, damage, anyone, opponent, player, enemy, everyone, humans, attacks, players, enemies, heroes.

Similarly, Jolee's accounts of the player's "swirling force" are vague and cryptic enough to prevent them from affecting the player's choices at all.

Source: Prophetic Fallacy
As he becomes increasingly gangrenous, the force-feeding continues to prolong his agony and prevent him from dying of starvation or dehydration while worsening his diarrhea.

Source: Force Feeding
Late in the novel, the protagonists discover a Covenant attack force on another nearby planet, and must figure out a way to prevent said force from wiping out the Rubble's inhabitants.

Source: Colony Drop

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