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preventer
Variant of prevent
transitive verb
- Obsolete
- to act in anticipation of (an event or a fixed time)
- to anticipate (a need, objection, etc.)
- to precede
- to stop or keep (from doing something)
- to keep from happening; make impossible by prior action; hinder
intransitive verb
to interpose an obstacle
Related Forms:
- preventable adjective or preventible
- preventer noun
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