What are the antonyms for PREVENTING?
- unlimited, activate, be unready, make easier, unrestrictive, unblock, open, encourage, release, support, help, advocate, abet, let go, permit, let up, relieve, allow, cause, reasonable, assist, aid.
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Synonyms for PREVENTING
- suppressive,
- Interrupting,
- retaining,
- averting,
- shut out,
- extinction,
- blockading,
- suspend,
- Hinderance,
- proceeding,
- hold,
- debarment,
- knock off,
- precede,
- boycott,
- elimination,
- Precluding,
- interception,
- sky-high,
- interfere with,
- intercept,
- shove aside,
- catch,
- segregate,
- freeze out,
- shut down,
- Checking,
- drop,
- exorbitant,
- ruin,
- Sustaining,
- inhibiting,
- discourage,
- outlaw,
- block out,
- Celebrating,
- bar,
- guard against,
- stoppage,
- close up,
- impeding,
- ostracize,
- Hampering,
- quelling,
- hold off,
- Encumbering,
- interdict,
- Resisting,
- ban,
- put-down,
- deter,
- fend off,
- cessation,
- restrain,
- blocking,
- hinder,
- Deterring,
- interruption,
- forbid,
- hold up,
- detain,
- shut off,
- daunting,
- prohibit,
- disturbing,
- putting down,
- observing,
- Ceasing,
- inhibit,
- concealing,
- concealment,
- throw a curve,
- banning,
- rule out,
- frustrating,
- cramp,
- turn,
- discontinuation,
- deflect,
- restrict,
- impede,
- Debarring,
- stopping,
- proscription,
- disconcert,
- circumvent,
- fending off,
- dam,
- debar,
- foreclose,
- stop,
- delay,
- disappoint,
- embarrassing,
- baulk,
- balk,
- limit,
- Dissuading,
- stonewall,
- Outlawing,
- chill*,
- be one step ahead of,
- encumbrance,
- foiling,
- injunction,
- inhibitory,
- disheartening,
- close,
- abortion,
- hindering,
- defend against,
- cork,
- obstruct,
- high-priced,
- preposterous,
- cut-off,
- Subduing,
- chilling,
- barricade,
- Terminating,
- defending,
- Intercepting,
- Proscribing,
- counteract,
- hampers,
- Anticipating,
- extinguishing,
- opposing,
- quenching,
- avoidance,
- override,
- confine,
- upset the apple cart,
- slowing,
- Retarding,
- refuse,
- taboo,
- plug,
- suppress,
- thwarting,
- obviation,
- continuing,
- cracking down on,
- Quieting,
- Denying,
- Clogging,
- elude,
- condemn,
- Disinclining,
- restraint,
- hang up,
- Staying,
- inhibition,
- Maintaining,
- scrub,
- aborting,
- tackle,
- Squelching,
- cramp one's style,
- cutting off,
- curb,
- keep lid on,
- impedance,
- precludes,
- baulking,
- Holdback,
- Escaping,
- put an end to,
- control,
- keep out,
- preclude,
- preclusion,
- constraining,
- exclude,
- precaution,
- staving off,
- turn away,
- prevention,
- keep,
- termination,
- stopper,
- surcease,
- fend,
- ending,
- declare illegal,
- interfere,
- Foreclosing,
- apprehend,
- Forfend,
- Oppressing,
- deny,
- withholding,
- stay,
- stifling,
- fill,
- arrest,
- charge,
- brake,
- Prohibiting,
- occlude,
- Preventing,
- prohibitive,
- preventive,
- enjoining,
- shunt,
- Deflecting,
- prevent,
- divert,
- censorship,
- cool,
- extortionate,
- Suppressing,
- close off,
- Curtailing,
- disapproving,
- impediment,
- curse,
- intimidating,
- baffle,
- withhold,
- suppression,
- restricting,
- choke,
- forbiddance,
- crack down,
- obviating,
- Disallowing,
- upset,
- head off,
- Blanking,
- Counteracting,
- Delaying,
- except,
- turn aside,
- frustration,
- conserving,
- limiting,
- entanglement,
- dampening,
- cut off,
- thwart,
- Muting,
- repressing,
- take precautions,
- financial means conditional,
- avert,
- diverting,
- foil,
- avoid,
- stop up,
- preventative,
- Proscriptive,
- blackball,
- baffling,
- crushing,
- take out of play,
- anticipate,
- interrupt,
- disqualifying,
- proscribe,
- hamper,
- throw monkey wrench in,
- interdiction,
- forestall,
- ice out,
- dash,
- pass by,
- obviate,
- forbidding,
- barrier,
- close out,
- freeze,
- prohibition,
- disallow,
- Refusing,
- arresting,
- reject,
- Detaining,
- steep*,
- clog,
- Excluding,
- hinders,
- exile,
- defeat,
- barring,
- stave off,
- Avoiding,
- Tabooing,
- warding off,
- congest,
- discouraging,
- be early,
- frustrate,
- preserving,
- Evading,
- Obstructing,
- hindrance,
- forestalling,
- expensive,
- repression,
- halting,
- prepare for,
- smothering,
- provide against,
- Excepting,
- end,
- Muffling,
- Interdicting,
- restriction,
- embarrassment,
- counter,
- obstruction,
- inhibitive,
- Reserving,
- saving,
- retardation,
- holding,
- difficulty,
- resistance,
- close down,
- raising,
- censoring,
- put a stop to,
- shunning,
- depressing,
- excessive,
- controlling,
- enjoin,
- stall,
- balking,
- halt,
- Discontinuing,
- illegalize,
- pass up,
- nip in the bud,
- admonishing,
- beat,
- hiding,
- Rejecting,
- can,
- repress,
- Silencing,
- repressive,
- restrictive,
- Restraining,
- Mitigating,
- banish,
- Bilking,
- discountenance,
- interfering,
- Quashing,
- hold back,
- look away,
- countering,
- anticipation,
- check,
- mitigation,
- beat someone to it,
- eliminate,
- blockade,
- obstacle,
- ward off,
- block,
- stymie,
- Derailing,
- curbing.
Usage Examples for PREVENTING
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Our States should aid generally in the work of preventing forest fires. - "The School Book of Forestry" by Charles Lathrop Pack
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Dunn muttered, his bewilderment increasing, and the next moment he understood and had some difficulty in preventing himself from bursting out laughing as there reached him the unmistakable sound of a kiss lightly blown through the air. - "The Bittermeads Mystery" by E. R. Punshon
