Ignore and Prevent

Ignore

Ignore verb - To fail to give proper attention to.

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

Nearby Words: ignorance, ignoring

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

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

character	ignore character	prevent character
attack	ignore attack	prevent attack
people	ignore people	prevent people
death	ignore death	prevent death
Other words: time, characters, game, damage, existence, player, everyone, humans, attacks, events, enemies, crimes.

Leeroy Jenkins: Despite efforts from the developers to prevent this, most players ignore teamwork.

Source: Video Game / America's Army
Designed to prevent the cursor from moving while the user is typing a document, it can cause the mouse to ignore commands while the user is pressing WASD to run around.

Source: Do Not Run with a Gun
While the silenced pistol in Command & Conquer: Renegade has a Hollywood-style "fwip" sound, it does not prevent enemies from noticing younote any enemies who do ignore your silenced pistol in this game would ignore any other weapon of yours too.

Source: Hollywood Silencer

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Prevent and Ignore. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ignore/prevent

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