Synonyms for Prevention
prɪˈvɛn ʃənpre·ven·tion

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1. prevention

   Synonyms:
   denial, hindrance, objection, opposition, prohibition, refusal, resistance

   Antonyms:
   allowance, authority, authorization, consent, leave, liberty, license, permission, permit

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1. prevention

   Synonyms:
   obstruction, stoppage, interruption, hinderance

   Antonyms:
   help, aid, succor, acceleration

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1. prevention, barnoun

   the act of preventing

   "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

   Synonyms:
   measure, taproom, stripe, bar, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention

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1. • Hindrance

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1. preventionnoun

   Synonyms:
   obstruction, stoppage, hinderance, interruption

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1. preventionnoun

   Synonyms:
   obstruction, thwarting, interruption, hindrance, preclusion, obviation, interception

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1. List of paraphrases for "prevention":

   preventing, preventive, prevent, preventative, prévention, prevención, avoidance, prevented, precautionary, preventions, prophylaxis

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How to use Prevention in a sentence?

1. Dan Halem:

   It is our hope that this agreement — which is based on principles of prevention, treatment, awareness and education — will help protect the health and safety of our Players.

2. Stephen Hargarten:

   Trigger locks, lock boxes, and proper securing of guns in the home are all very important but challenging to do every day, just like using seat belts, it’s an active prevention strategy requiring constant active behavior to achieve success.

3. Kevin Paffrath:

   CNN is trying to keep voters in the dark about our campaign to attempt to help Governor Newsom stay in power, newsom lied to us, overstating fire prevention by 690%, then just today we discover his administration tried to cover up their original statement.

4. Bishop Reginald Jackson:

   As much as they make an argument about life in the womb, in the midst of this pandemic they're opposed to wearing face masks. They're opposed to the guidelines from the( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) so therefore, we have had almost 400,000 people that have died, so, you're saying we're more concerned about the life in the womb than we are about the lives outside the womb ?

5. Federal Prosecutor General Harald Range:

   What worries me is the speed with which people are radicalizing, or being radicalized. We are facing a phenomenon which needs a broad strategy of prevention.