Word "PREVENT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
Synonyms:
keep
Examples:
We must prevent the cancer from spreading

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
Synonyms:
forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude

Crossword Clues for PREVENT

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Clue Source Date
Priest has occasion to avert (7)
Forestall gift, having change of heart The Times Cryptic 22 Apr 2024
Stop something from happening
Don't allow it to veer about in pint one has left (7)
Stop happening (7)
Stop round about five. Shut up (7)
Thwart before opening (7)
Stop publicity on occasion
Don't let it happen prior to opening
Keep from happening(7)
Stop something happening to the pair (7)
Stop it never being put back in physical training (7)
Stop something happening (7)
Clergyman confined outside bar The Sun Two Speed 31 Jan 2024
Hinder The Sun Two Speed 31 Jan 2024
Stop so the point never returns to penetrate (7)
Stop! Shut up about the figure entered! (7)
Put a stop to beforehand (7) Puzzler 08 Dec 2023
Stop publicity prior to competition? The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jul 2023
Celebrity charity auction, maybe? Wall Street Journal 07 Jul 2022
Stop (from happening) The Times Concise 02 Apr 2022
Stop media manipulation happening
Stop Thomas Joseph 13 Jul 2021
Check promotional stunt? The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Jul 2021
Stop publicity being given to competition?
Forestall Thomas Joseph 02 Nov 2020
Clergyman confined outside bar The Sun Two Speed 24 Sep 2020
Hinder The Sun Two Speed 24 Sep 2020
Check before discharge
Impede Thomas Joseph 16 Jul 2019
Nip in the bud Universal 16 Apr 2019
Put a stop to public relations incident
Stop before opening
Stop voting system happening The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Jan 2019
Nip in the bud
Stop, avert The Times Concise 11 Sep 2018
Stop before opening The Sun Two Speed 04 Feb 2018
Keep from happening USA Today 25 Aug 2017
Stop The Times Concise 08 Jun 2017
Don't allow backing for Trump's extremes to overshadow right's regular following
Bar where spin doctors congregate?
Keep from happening
Check before opening The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Sep 2016
Hinder LA Times Daily 04 Aug 2016
Stop before opening The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Jun 2016
Stop publicity happening The Telegraph Cryptic 21 May 2016
Chance for officials to get through to public bar?
Chance for officials to get through to public bar? The Times Cryptic 17 May 2016
Hinder
Stop LA Times Daily 01 Oct 2015
Stop public relations function
Stop by before five to get English books
Stop
Stop propaganda happening
Check before opening
Foil
Foil
Keep from happening
Forestall
Keep from happening
Forestall
Forestall
Thwart
Thwart
Stop
Hinder
Obviate
Obviate.
Avert.
Forestall.
Keep from occurring.
Hamper.
Kind of defense
Nip in the bud
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