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pre-emptive
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scotch
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keep
forbiddance
hold back
prohibition
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for fear of
nonharm
toe-dance
fight shy of
save someone's skin
antirequisite
withholdal
shielding
unprotection
causation
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rise above
causing
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preventable
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English words for 'the act of preventing something from occurring'

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