"prevent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The operator would then walk forward to arm the weapon while a ratchet prevented it from shooting during loading.
- Without thinking about it, Sissi prevents the guard from shooting the brothers and helps them escape.
- On 18 February 1969, Shamsuzzoha, a professor of the university was killed by the police when he tried to prevent them from shooting student demonstrators.
- "We're trying to prevent the city from shooting itself in its economic foot."
- To prevent us from shooting each other in the darkness white armlets would be worn.
- They were backed with kevlar to help prevent anyone from shooting up through a floor to bring the soldiers down.
- Fergus prevents Dil from shooting herself, and tells her to hide out in the club for a while.
- I had to prevent him from shooting Christian, but I'm sorry about the rest.
- What was to prevent him from walking up to the Suburban right now and shooting his suspect pointblank?
- The player takes the side of the Sheltered ones trying to prevent the outsiders from shooting the cannon.
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