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prevention
Synonyms and Antonyms of prevention
the act or practice of keeping something from happening good crowd control is crucial to the prevention of riots Synonyms averting, forestallment, precluding Related Words avoidance, circumvention; negation, neutralization, nullification; baffling, balking, checkmate, crossing, debarment, determent, deterrence, foiling, frustration, thwarting; barring, enjoining, forbidding, interdicting, interdiction, outlawing, prohibiting, prohibition, proscribing, proscription Near Antonyms aid, assistance, backing, support; facilitation; advancement, cultivation, encouragement, nurture, promotion
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