Antonyms for prevention
prɪˈvɛn ʃənpre·ven·tion

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1. prevention

   Antonyms:
   allowance, authority, authorization, consent, leave, liberty, license, permission, permit

   Synonyms:
   denial, hindrance, objection, opposition, prohibition, refusal, resistance

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1. prevention

   Antonyms:
   help, aid, succor, acceleration

   Synonyms:
   obstruction, stoppage, interruption, hinderance

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1. • Hindrance

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1. prevention, barnoun

   the act of preventing

   "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

   Synonyms:
   measure, taproom, stripe, bar, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom

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1. preventionnoun

   Synonyms:
   obstruction, thwarting, interruption, hindrance, preclusion, obviation, interception

How to use prevention in a sentence?

1. Alex Bastian:

   The district attorney has spent his entire career in public service and is very passionate about advancing public safety, and what we're trying to do, is both bring accountability and also prevention while addressing the root causes of crime.

2. Michael Felberbaum:

   As Dr. Hahn wrote in a note to staff today, he recently came into contact with an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19. Per( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines, he is now in self-quarantine for the next two weeks. He immediately took a diagnostic test and tested negative for the virus.

3. Anthony Fauci:

   Prevention is always better than treatment, it’s great that we’ve got treatments now but prevention is always going to be the priority, especially with safe and effective vaccines like we have in this country.

4. John Faulkner:

   Even if you do all that you can do, theres still a possibility that you can be infected with this, if youre not practicing, following the guidelines from the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], then were basically playing Russian roulette with our health and our lives and the lives of our friends and families.

5. President Biden:

   During National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we reaffirm our commitment to protect and empower survivors of all forms of human trafficking, to prosecute traffickers, and to bring an end to human trafficking in the United States and around the world.

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