"prevent" is a correct and usable word in written English. It can be used to describe a situation in which something bad is avoided from happening. For example: Taking precautions helped us prevent the spread of the virus.
Dr Etienne Krug, the WHO's director for injury prevention has said that there are simple preventive actions that can easily prevent such permanent damage – without stopping you enjoying yourself.
In April, Chafee told the Washington Post that Clinton's vote for the Iraq war should prevent her from becoming president.
Anelay said: "The government believes the most effective way to prevent refugees and migrants attempting this dangerous crossing is to focus our attention on countries of origin and transit, as well as taking steps to fight the people smugglers who wilfully put lives at risk by packing migrants into unseaworthy boats".
But he takes a slightly more pragmatic view on contraception, believing that it can be permissible to prevent the spread of disease.
Next, he pointed out that full nationalization of a financial institution might trigger systemic shocks, as investors retreated from other banks, creating exactly the kind of panic that nationalization was intended to prevent.
It is not right to prevent Palestinians from farming their lands; to restrict a student's ability to move around the West Bank; or to displace Palestinian families from their home.
MARIA CAULFIELD, 40 TORY, LEWES A nurse at the Royal Marsden hospital in London, where she is a research sister leading a team in breast cancer research, Caulfield is also an owner and shareholder of Lewes football club and a non-executive director of the local housing charity BHT Sussex, which works to prevent homelessness.
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