My goal, so far as possible, is to avert a street war and prevent any mob faction from seizing total control.

In particular, he managed to prevent the Grimaldi clan from seizing the city.

But officials said the order does not prevent the authorities from seizing the leases.

Some investors said a voluntary bankruptcy might make sense as a move to prevent the state from seizing its assets.

Each time our enemies prevented us from seizing the prize.

The air force destroyed the drone to prevent Hezbollah from seizing it, the military added.

A Thai survivor tries to prevent developers from seizing the land his village is built on.

This was the only way to prevent the Worm from seizing the entire computer within the next week or so.

There is still an opening, an opportunity to achieve the goals we have set, and violence must not prevent us from seizing it.

Yukos wants to pay the rest over time, preventing the government from seizing its assets and allowing the company to stay in business.