"prevent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- A second arrest was followed by an attempt to forcibly prevent his preaching.
- Citizens were forcibly prevented from speaking of an impending disaster.
- Chinese security officials forcibly prevented the couple from attending.
- All he had returned was an occasional nip or kick; I'd forcibly prevented anything worse.
- University students are forcibly prevented from demonstrating for better food in the mess hall, or for democracy.
- The female is bigger than the male, and forcibly prevents other females from mating with, or laying eggs for, any of her males.
- When asked if the army would forcibly prevent an election being held, O'Connor stated: "It will have the power to do so."
- Her captain attempted to scuttle the ship, but was forcibly prevented from doing so by the rest of her crew.
- That is, it forcibly prevents the private sector from providing comprehensive security, such as a police, judicial, and prison systems to protect individuals from aggressors.
- He forcibly prevented Murgatroyd from going with him, and he spent an hour fumbling for a swampy spot in the dark forest.
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