Vocabulary
Prevent
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
keep (something) from happening.
Urdu meaning
روک تھام، بچانا، منع کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Collaboration is needed to prevent misunderstanding and sensationalism and ensure journalists meet their tough deadlines.Lacking an institutional framework, police-media ties rely on individual relationships.
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Symbiotic linkage
— 2026-04-28
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Before the Malakand operation, Mullah Fazlullah relayed his messages through illegal broadcasts.Media can empower communities to prevent extremism by enabling them to identify the enemy within the facilitators, sympathisers and abettors.
Dawn Editorials —
Symbiotic linkage
— 2026-04-28
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These arrangements may prevent default in the short term but have faile d to resolve structural weaknesses.
Dawn Editorials —
Economy on a cliff edge
— 2026-04-25
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When fumes from your factory harm someone`s crop, the failure to prevent the damage is your responsibility.
Dawn Editorials —
Who pays and how?
— 2026-04-25
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HOUGH the US has extended the Iran ceasefire thanks largely to effective Pakistani diplomacy to prevent sliding back towards war the situation in the Gulf remains extremely volatile.
Dawn Editorials —
Ceasefire extension
— 2026-04-23
Synonyms
stop, put a stop to, avert, nip in the bud, fend off, turn aside, stave off, ward off,
Antonyms
allow, cause, encourage
Curator example
“action must be taken to prevent further accidents”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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