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Prevent Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is DETER which was last seen in the Telegraph Mini crossword.
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97%5Exact Match!
verb

• try to prevent; show opposition to

• turn away from by persuasion

96%7Exact Match!
verb

• get rid of something

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

95%3Exact Match!
noun

• a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War

• a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

• a counter where you can obtain food or drink

• a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon

• musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

• an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal

• the act of preventing

• (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter

• a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore

• the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction

• a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

• a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

• a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises

• a heating element in an electric fire

• (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried

verb

• prevent from entering; keep out

• render unsuitable for passage

• expel, as if by official decree

• secure with, or as if with, bars

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Source #Number Answer
Telegraph Mini06 May 2024 Across 7
The Guardian Quick25 Mar 2024 Down 14
Telegraph Quick18 Apr 2023 Down 21
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