prevention

1. The act of preventing (synset 101079274)
   "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
   is a type of: hinderance, hindrance, interference - the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
   subtypes:

   • averting - the act of preventing something from occurring
   • debarment - the act of prevention by legal means
   • disqualification - the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified
   • interception - the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving
   • non-proliferation, nonproliferation - the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons)
   • forestalling, obviation, preclusion - the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
   • prophylaxis - the prevention of disease
   • save - (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
   • crushing, quelling, stifling, suppression - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
   same as: bar

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