Prevent
Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
Stirs
Both words in one sentence
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While his death stirs the stunned defenders into action, it ends in a massacre that they were hoping to prevent.
Source: Literature / Malevil
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Stirs and Prevent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/prevent/stirs
Prevent & Stirs. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/prevent/stirs>.
Stirs or Prevent. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/prevent/stirs.
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