prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
change β If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
disarrange β to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
dislodge β to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
disorder β lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
disorganize β to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
displace β to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
forget β to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
loose β free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
loosen β to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
unfasten β to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
unfix β to render no longer fixed; unfasten; detach; loosen; free.
unsettle β to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
disestablish β to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
renounce β to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
veto β the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
contradict β If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
discredit β to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.