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41prevent — 1 Prevent, anticipate, forestall can mean to be or get ahead of or to deal with beforehand, with reference especially to a thing s due time or to its actual occurrence or to the action of another. Prevent implies frustration (as of an intention… …
42prevent — verb Etymology: Middle English, to anticipate, from Latin praeventus, past participle of praevenire to come before, anticipate, forestall, from prae + venire to come more at come Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. archaic a. to be in readiness …
43Preemptive war — A closely related topic is a preventive war, namely an anticipatory war in the face of a less immediate threat Another type of preemptive military action is a preemptive strike A preemptive war is a war that is commenced in an attempt to repel or …
44Indian Rebellion of 1857 — Sepoy Mutiny redirects here. For other uses, see Sepoy Mutiny (disambiguation). Indian Rebellion of 1857 A 1912 map of Northern India The Revolt of 1857–59 showing the centres of rebellion including the principal ones …
45Alto Paraná Department — Alto Paraná is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Ciudad del Este (formerly known as Puerto Presidente Stroessner, originally Puerto Flor de Lis). The Alto Paraná department has experienced tremendous economic and population growth in the… …
46Ukraine — /yooh krayn , kruyn , yooh krayn/, n. a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 50,684,635; 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Cap.: Kiev. Russian, Ukraina. Formerly, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. * * * Ukraine… …
47United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
48World War II — the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on August 14, 1945. Abbr.: WWII * * * or Second World War (1939–45)… …
49anticipate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. await, expect; precede; forestall; foresee. See preparation, priority, futurity, earliness. Ant., dread. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To foresee] Syn. expect, foresee, look foward to, predict, forecast,… …
50obviate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. preclude, debar. See hindrance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. preclude, forestall, block; see hinder , prevent , restrain 1 . See Synonym Study at prevent . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. preclude,… …
