Prohibit and Prevent

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Prohibit

Prohibit verb - To order not to do or use or to be done or used.
Usage example: the city prohibits swimming in the lake after dark
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Prevent is a synonym for prohibit in stop topic. In some cases you can use "Prevent" instead a verb "Prohibit", when it comes to topics like hinder, forbid. popular alternative
Nearby Words: prohibition, prohibitive, prohibiting, prohibitory

Prevent

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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Prohibit is a synonym for prevent in disallow topic. You can use "Prohibit" instead a verb "Prevent", if it concerns topics such as forbid, keep from happening or continuing. popular alternative
Nearby Words: prevention, preventive, preventing, preventable, preventer

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execution prohibit execution prevent execution
parents prohibit parents prevent parents
murder prohibit murder prevent murder
use prohibit use prevent use
Other words: magic, harm, anyone, player, players.
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