Prevent
Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
To restrain and prevent are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To restrain" with "Prevent", this terms are similar.
To restrain
Prevent and to restrain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prevent" instead a verb phrase "To restrain".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- keep and prevent
- keep and to restrain
- constrain and prevent
- constrain and to restrain
- repress and prevent
- repress and to restrain
- check and prevent
- check and to restrain
- stifle and prevent
- stifle and to restrain
- suppress and prevent
- suppress and to restrain
- control and prevent
- control and to restrain
Both terms in one sentence
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And when they finally manage to knock a villain (Kanone Amalthea) unconscious, they neglect to restrain her in any way or confiscate her weaponry/orbment to prevent her escape when she wakes up.
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Ascended Extra: Riku plays a larger role in the manga than the game; at one point, he encounters Roxas in an ice cream shop, and has to restrain him to prevent a fight in public.
- He forces this to extend to her, as she has minimal will of her own and he uses her to restrain others, such as a struggling Ishida and Ichigo with Marshmallow Hell to prevent them from escaping while he tried to administer medicine.
Cite this Source
To restrain and Prevent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/prevent/to_restrain
Prevent & To restrain. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/prevent/to_restrain>.
To restrain or Prevent. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/prevent/to_restrain.
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