stave off
deter
averting
deterrent
forefend
block
avert
forfend
ward off
head off
debar
preventionism
fend off
avoid
deflect
obviate
preemptive
pre-emptive
keep from
deterrently
scotch
nullify
take away
defeat
foil
stoppage
pull the plug
refrain
stop
can't help
intimidate
obviation
preclusion
forestalling
kick into touch
dodging
preventively
avoidance
turning away
guard against
shunning
fight shy of
prevention
bar
leave
forbear
guard
disincentive
cut out
determent
prohibition
noli me tangere
hold in
forbiddance
prohibitive
inhibition
deterritorial
keep away from
disrupt
toe-dance
shut out
scare off
rein
intervene
ban
suppressionism
damp
encumber
foiling
get one's claws out
preveniently
seal someone's fate
save
spare
abstention
inhibit
curb
secure
dead
restrainer
deterrence
put out to pasture
stifle
suppressive
forestall
muscle in
clamp down
crack down
let nature take its course
offhold
unprovoke
ineffectuate
incapacitate
for fear of
refrainment

English words for 'to prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert'

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