Prevent and Setting off

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Prevent

Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
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Setting off is an antonym for prevent.
Nearby Words: prevention, preventive, preventing, preventable, preventer

Setting off

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Prevent is an antonym for setting off in topics: encourage, cause, cause to happen.
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  • Interrupted Suicide The protagonist's best friend gets him to the hospital in time to prevent his attempted suicide, setting off these incredibly shitty superpowers.
    Source: Interrupted Suicide
  • Franchise / Halo Spartan Kurt-051 does this in Ghosts of Onyx, setting off a FENRIS nuke to prevent the Covenant from accessing the Shield World.
    Source: Franchise / Halo
  • Sex Is Violence After setting off a bomb in her husband's pocket, Jane slams into her husband's car to prevent him from getting in the driveway.
    Source: Sex Is Violence
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