- to defend against; to protect against
- to prevent; to avert; to avoid
Godan verb with 'gu' ending; transitive verb
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It's the prevention of migraines during daily life that's important, not dealing with migraines when they occur.
There's also the danger of unexploded bombs, so they reported it to the police and the area was taped off to keep people out.
They confirmed the importance of strengthening global precautions in order to prevent devastating losses.
Just how well can masks block the, even smaller than pollen, yellow sand dust? I think it much more of a nuisance than pollen.
In short some guns have excellent security systems to prevent accidental firing (e.g. when dropped), others don't.
The Department of Homeland Security's primary function is the prevention of terrorist attacks occurring within America and, in the extreme case of an attack happening, holding losses to the smallest possible level and swiftly carrying out restoration.
Carpets have the effect of a dust pocket, with merit of sucking up dust and stopping it flying around, but you can say that effect backfires.
The developing world and the developed world can prevent a war from breaking out by helping each other.