- prevention, bar - the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
--1 is a kind of hindrance, interference
--1 has particulars:averting; debarment; disqualification; interception; nonproliferation, non-proliferation; obviation, forestalling, preclusion; prophylaxis; save; suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling Derived form: verb prevent2