"prevent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- According to some outside observers, it is intended to prevent internal dissident and military uprisings.
- To prevent further uprisings he introduced countrywide policing on a local basis, appointing Lords Lieutenants who were in close contact with the central authority.
- It also means he'll never die, except by natural causes, and even then his death will be concealed to prevent uprisings.
- Hoping to prevent further uprisings, the United States decided to strengthen its military presence in the region after the Winnebago War.
- Viceroy Garibay's actions prevented criminal uprisings and most likely saved many lives.
- New York City's top jail official unveiled a plan yesterday to prevent or suppress uprisings by inmates at the city's 16 prisons.
- He was adored by his soldiers, often fraternising with them, and generally successful in combatting the highlanders of Dagestan, but failed to prevent multiple uprisings.
- Tokugawa allowed this because he wished to appease the Shimazu and prevent potential uprisings after their loss at Sekigahara.
- He had already been killed but was drowned as an example to prevent similar uprisings.
- The main purpose of the force during the early 1910s was not to police Northern Rhodesia's towns, but rather to prevent and combat potential uprisings.
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