"prevent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- A blockade that prevents medicines and essential supplies to 1.6 million men women and children, is evil!
- The authorities held the village in siege, preventing supplies from entering.
- While trade with the South was flourishing, the North created a the naval blockade to prevent supplies getting to the South.
- The Dutch forces also continued to block the Indonesian archipelago, preventing supplies from reaching the people.
- The soldiers prevented food, medicine and other vital supplies from getting in and kept most residents from leaving.
- During this time, the Burmese troops farther back grew their own rice while their boats prevented supplies from entering the city.
- "We must bottle up those two ships of al-Salil and, at the same time, prevent supplies of food reaching the city by sea."
- U.S. battleships are blockading the harbour to prevent supplies from reaching the rebels.
- BBC reporters stated that the battles were preventing essential medical supplies from reaching hospitals and casualties.
- Additions to the battery were then built to try to prevent supplies reaching Hull, a Parliamentary stronghold.
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