Preclude and Terminate

Preclude

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

Terminate and preclude are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Terminate" instead a verb "Preclude".

Nearby Words: preclusion, precluding

Terminate

Terminate verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.

Preclude and terminate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Preclude" instead a verb "Terminate".

Common collocations

relationship preclude relationship terminate relationship
someone preclude someone terminate someone
series preclude series terminate series
threat preclude threat terminate threat
Other words: existence.
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