Prevent and Restrict

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

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Restrict is a synonym for prevent in keep from happening or continuing topic. In some cases you can use "Restrict" instead a verb "Prevent".

Restrict verb - To set bounds or an upper limit for.

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Prevent is a synonym for restrict in hinder topic. Sometimes you can use "Prevent" instead a verb "Restrict".

power	prevent power	restrict power
time	prevent time	restrict time
use	prevent use	restrict use
characters	prevent characters	restrict characters
Other words: world, opponent, attacks, players.

As a result, any AI deliberately created by an organic has behavioral programming to restrict what they can do and prevent them from harming organics.

Source: Morality Chip
To manage the flux of people the government can set migratory policies to encourage (or restrict) mass immigration, qualified immigration, emigration or close the borders to prevent a Brain Drain.

Source: Video Game / Tropico
To prevent this from happening again and possibly for the last time, the survivors restrict knowledge to a select few who are tasked with using it to help nature recover.These people are recruited at a young age and are moved to academies, called "Hubs" to be taught the sciences.

Source: Webcomic / Sarab

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