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