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verb • prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off • turn away or aside | ||||||||
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verb • To impede or bar by estoppel. • To stop up, to plug | ||||||||
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verb • try to prevent; show opposition to • turn away from by persuasion | ||||||||
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