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  • 51prevent — v 1. obstruct, hinder, hamper, block, impede, interrupt, interfere, interpose, intervene; stop, put a stop to, halt, check, arrest, abort, preclude; frustrate, thwart, foil, balk, baffle; restrain, inhibit, repress, constrain; delay, retard,… …

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  • 52prevent — pre·vent …

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  • 53prevent — verb Syn: stop, avert, nip in the bud, foil, inhibit, thwart, prohibit, forbid Ant: allow …

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  • 54PREVENT — • Program in Ex Vivo Vein Graft Engineering via Transfection; • Proliferation Reduction Using Vascular Energy Trial; • Prospective Randomized Evaluation of the Vascular Effects of Norvasc Trial …

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  • 55prevent —   Kāohi, pale, ke ake a …

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  • 56prevent — To hinder, frustrate, prohibit, impede, or preclude; to obstruct; to intercept. Orme v. Atlas Gas and Oil Co., 217 Minn. 27, 13 N.W.2d 757, 761. To stop or intercept the approach, access, or performance of a thing. See injunction restraining… …

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  • 57prevent — To hinder; to obstruct; to intercept. A person who is induced by means of representations or promises to delay a suit, is not thereby prevented from suing. Burr v Williams, 20 Ark 171, 185 …

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  • 58prevent — v.tr. 1 (often foll. by from + verbal noun) stop from happening or doing something; hinder; make impossible (the weather prevented me from going). 2 archaic go or arrive before, precede. Derivatives: preventable adj. (also preventible).… …

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  • 59Initiatives to prevent sexual violence — As sexual violence affects all parts of society, the response to sexual violence is comprehensive. The responses can be categorized as:Individual approachesPsychological care and supportCounseling, therapy and support group initiatives have been… …

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  • 60Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture — The Inter American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture (IACPPT) is an international human rights instrument, created within the Western Hemisphere Organization of American States and intended to prevent torture and other similar activities.… …

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