Lead to and Prevent

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Prevent is an antonym for lead to in topics: encourage, start, create, bring about, cause an action.

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

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Lead to is an antonym for prevent.

B kicks off the entire series of events that lead to the photo he believed was his death and instead ironically dies trying to prevent an incident that actually happened long after he died.

Source: Film / Time Lapse
It could be invoked to prevent a Romantic Plot Tumour (if the story is not centered around romance), though it could lead to accusations of Strangled by the Red String if not handled carefully.

Source: Off Screen Romance
Instead of preventing the plague, Cole, Cassie and Ramse's missions are to prevent the Messengers from killing Primaries in the past with their own bones, causing massive paradoxes that eventually lead to a Time Crash originating in 2044 that will destroy reality in its current form.

Source: Series / 12 Monkeys

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