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prevention
 
Noun prevention has 1 sense
  1. prevention, bar - the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
    --1 is a kind of hindrance, interference
    --1 has particulars:
     averting; debarment; disqualification; interception; nonproliferation, non-proliferation; obviation, forestalling, preclusion; prophylaxis; save; suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
    Derived form: verb prevent2
prevenient prevent prevent from preventable preventative prevented preventing prevention-oriented prevention preventive preventive attack preventive measures preventive medicine preventive strike prevents prevert prevewing

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