Collocations for "prevent"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "prevent" in context.
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prevent
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- prevent [a fire, disaster]
- prevent [a disease, an illness]
- prevent the spread of [disease] to [others, the rest of the body]
- prevent [recurrence, complications]
- prevent it (from) happening (again)
- prevent further [damage, spread, deterioration, injury]
- prevent such [problems, attacks, abuses] from occurring again
- prevent unauthorized access (to)
- prevent her from [doing, going, seeing, dying]
- nothing will prevent her from [doing]
- was prevented from [attending, going]
- [try, attempt] to prevent
- [would, should, could] (help to) prevent
- [pills, treatment, measures] to prevent
- prevent or [reduce, delay, treat, limit, control, minimize]
- can be prevented [through, with] proper [care, attention, maintenance]
- can be prevented by a [change, condom, new]
- a [new, natural, effective] way of preventing
'prevent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AIDS
- ID
- abuse
- act
- action
- adequate
- advancement
- advocate
- aging
- apron
- avert
- backing
- ballast
- bandage
- bankruptcy
- barrier
- beach
- bit
- bleed
- bleeding
- blister
- blur
- breaker
- campaign
- cancer
- carefully
- casing
- caution
- caveat
- cement
- charcoal
- charter
- checklist
- choking
- clarify
- clause
- clean
- climate
- clog
- closure
- clot
- coat
- coated
- collar
- colon
- combine
- commission
- compulsory
- constrain
- container