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All prevent antonyms

preΒ·vent
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verb prevent

  • order β€” an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
  • dragoon β€” (especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop.
  • inveigle β€” to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
  • innervated β€” to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
  • look after β€” to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
  • give up β€” the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • acquiesce β€” If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
  • drive β€” to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
  • cued β€” a long, tapering rod, tipped with a soft leather pad, used to strike the ball in billiards, pool, etc.
  • deputed β€” to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.
  • get there β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • normalizing β€” Present participle of normalize.
  • generate β€” to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
  • charter β€” A charter is a formal document describing the rights, aims, or principles of an organization or group of people.
  • buy out β€” If you buy someone out, you buy their share of something such as a company or piece of property that you previously owned together.
  • flesh out β€” the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
  • allure β€” to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
  • establish β€” Set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis.
  • infatuating β€” to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
  • make good β€” morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
  • bring into line β€” a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
  • humored β€” a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
  • jollying β€” Present participle of jolly.
  • counsel β€” Counsel is advice.
  • goosed β€” any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
  • amnestied β€” a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
  • get around β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • lend a hand β€” the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • cuing β€” a long, tapering rod, tipped with a soft leather pad, used to strike the ball in billiards, pool, etc.
  • lay hands on β€” the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • come to β€” When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
  • implement β€” any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
  • incite β€” to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
  • angeled β€” one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
  • barreling β€” a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
  • buy up β€” If you buy up land, property, or a commodity, you buy large amounts of it, or all that is available.
  • let slide β€” to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
  • make ready β€” the state or condition of being ready.
  • jawbone β€” a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
  • melodramatize β€” to make melodramatic.
  • wholesaling β€” the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
  • innervates β€” to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
  • loot β€” spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
  • conform β€” If something conforms to something such as a law or someone's wishes, it is of the required type or quality.
  • hand it to β€” the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • crown β€” A crown is a circular ornament, usually made of gold and jewels, which a king or queen wears on their head at official ceremonies. You can also use crown to refer to anything circular that is worn on someone's head.
  • make a killing β€” If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
  • make β€” to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • caricaturing β€” a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
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