Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase prevent from happening.
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1. avert
2. hinder
3. obstruct
4. preclude
5. divert
6. averse
7. decide
8. derail
9. derailment
10. deviation
11. discontinuance
12. diverted
13. emergence
14. prevent
15. arrester
16. branch off
17. deflect
18. detour
19. deviate
20. digress
21. divagate
22. diverge
23. excur
24. forestall
25. holdback
26. intrusion
27. prevaricate
28. sidetrack
29. tergiversate
30. belate
31. cesser
32. coarctate
33. constraint
34. daff
35. deter
36. digression
37. distraction
38. excurse
39. expatiate

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