Prevent and Took

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

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Took is an antonym for prevent.

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Prevent is an antonym for took in accept topic.

He took it upon himself to prevent the dark future he caused, by killing Zira's baby and the apes themselves to prevent them from having another child.

Source: Franchise / Planet of the Apes
The Others eventually took over Westeros, which not even Daenerys and her dragons were able to prevent, and the last survivors of the Seven Kingdoms took refuge in Essos.

Source: Apocalyptic Log
In the resolution of that threat, Vaarsuvius then took rather extreme steps to prevent another such occurrence.

Source: Avenging the Villain

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