Prevent and Stop

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

Usage example: a lot of problems would have been prevented if we'd just prepared better

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Stop is a synonym for prevent in action topic. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Prevent", when it comes to topics like suppress, obstruction, inhibit, hinder.

Stop verb - Stop from happening or developing.

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Prevent is a synonym for stop in suppress topic. You can use "Prevent" instead a verb "Stop", if it concerns topics such as obstruction, inhibit, hinder.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

attack	prevent attack	stop attack
people	prevent people	stop people
someone	prevent someone	stop someone
army	prevent army	stop army
Other words: end, death, destruction, time, spread, world, apocalypse, bad, invasion, war, anyone, attacks, players.

Five-Finger Discount: Pablo, the shipping agent, randomly steals items, hoping you don't notice - but you can prevent or stop these losses, via bribing or punching him.

Source: Video Game / Jagged Alliance
The Mount is a community that tries to work for the good of mankind and prevent or stop potential disasters.

Source: Comic Book / The Pantheon
They either take advantage of a tragedy to stop/prevent it or use the same methods as an even more evil third party to counter them.

Source: Visual Novel / Zero Escape

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