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Prevention

//pɹɪˈvɛnʃən//

Synonyms for "prevention" (131 found)

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Informal (14)

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, punct, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Noun, slang(2 words)

retardation no-no

General use (117)

Noun(52 words)

bar restraint denial suppression stoppage rejection mitigation repression obstruction neutrality exclusion refusal anticipation evasion hindrance equivocation forbearance inhibition injunction frustration

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Noun, verb(22 words)

slip control arrest escape sidestep interdict veto blocking forestalling zoning stopping refraining hampering thwarting foiling shunning delaying slowing jink restraining

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curbing avoiding

Name, noun, verb(6 words)

index delay ban balk embargo banning

Adj, noun, verb(7 words)

halt taboo halting forbidding contraband controlling balking

Adj, noun(1 words)

Name, noun(1 words)

Noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Adj, verb(5 words)

arresting hindering mitigating frustrating obstructing

Intj, noun(1 words)

Prohibition Party prohibitory injunction Eighteenth Amendment Volstead Act index expurgatorius index librorum prohibitorum zoning laws the runaround avoiding reaction shunting off

Verb(11 words)

inhibiting debarring ruling out getting around impeding sidetracking prohibiting enjoining intercepting interdicting proscribing

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