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Noun
▲
Obstruction of action, access, or approach
elimination
anticipation
averting
avoidance
deterrence
forestalling
forestallment
precaution
precluding
preclusion
safeguard
thwarting
bar
blockage
deterence
determent
halt
hindrance
impediment
inhibition
inhibitor
interception
interruption
obstacle
obstruction
obviation
prohibition
prophylaxis
restraint
stop
stoppage
more ❯
“A general model of the roots of violence gives useful insights and identifies possible avenues for research and prevention.”
Noun
▲
Prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
prophylaxis
protection
sanitation
treatment
preventive treatment
Noun
▲
Stopping proliferation of nuclear weapons
nonproliferation
control
limitation
reduction
check
constraint
restriction
rein
hindrance
curb
bridle
impediment
limit
obstacle
inhibition
curtailment
deterrent
ban
hold
damper
taboo
brake
condition
fetter
circumscription
boycott
stricture
moderation
embargo
retardant
instruction
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of forbidding or banning something
prohibition
ban
veto
embargo
interdict
bar
proscription
boycott
injunction
interdiction
disqualification
exclusion
disallowance
forbiddance
moratorium
constraint
don't
negation
no-no
obstruction
refusal
repudiation
restriction
taboo
temperance
restraining order
off limits
ruling out
out of bounds
banning
expulsion
snubbing
disentitlement
shunning
unfitness
ejection
ineligibility
exile
sending to Coventry
spurning
avoidance
blackballing
blacklisting
isolation
cold-shouldering
unsuitability
invalidity
removal
deportation
subjugation
alienation
attainder
outlawry
expatriation
concession
reservation
excusing
noninclusion
disallowment
excepting
disenfranchisement
desertion
rebuff
abandonment
forsaking
incapacity
ignoring
ostracizingUS
snub
incompetence
awkwardness
ineptitude
incompetency
lack
clumsiness
disenablement
incapacitation
shutting out
brush-off
ostracisingUK
cutting dead
unproficiency
disablement
a kick in the teeth
passing over
renunciation
disfellowship
ostracization
boycotting
cold shoulder
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication
suppression
crushing
elimination
clampdown
crackdown
defeat
extinction
quashing
conquering
quelling
repression
squashing
subduing
vanquishing
check
cowing
discontinuation
end
prohibition
stopping
termination
arrest
dissolution
halting
abolishment
abolition
annihilation
conquest
destruction
dominance
obliteration
overpowering
overriding
overthrow
stamping out
subdual
suppressing
snuffing out
deletion
erasing
reversal
cancelingUS
effacing
recall
cancellingUK
undoing
expurgation
cutting out
extraction
editing
deleting
scoring out
striking out
blanking out
scratching out
crossing out
neutralizationUS
disannulment
split
discharge
breakup
dedomiciling
extinguishment
setting aside
neutralisationUK
split up
going phfft
abandonment
retirement
expungement
ablation
cutting
abscission
blocking out
inking out
dissolving
revoking
recalling
retracting
reversing
overruling
withdrawing
abandoning
abolishing
invalidating
wiping
wiping off
censoring
censorship
erasement
bowdlerization
blankness
more ❯
Noun
▲
The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles
polarity
opposition
contrariety
contradiction
duality
antithesis
dichotomy
separation
antagonism
conflict
contradictoriness
contrariness
difference
oppositeness
paradox
action
ambivalence
antinomy
antonymy
aversion
brush
clash
combat
competition
con
confronting
contention
contest
contradistinction
contraposition
counteraction
counterattack
defenceUK
defenseUS
defiance
disapproval
divergence
division
duel
encounter
engagement
fray
grapple
hostility
negativism
obstructiveness
opposure
oppugnancy
polarisationUK
polarizationUS
repugnance
repulsion
resistance
rivalry
schism
skirmish
split
strife
struggle
unfriendliness
violation
war
warfare
civil disobedience
discrepancy
incongruity
variance
fight
battle
friction
contrast
refusal
incompatibility
inconsistency
confrontation
stand
check
intransigence
rebuff
hindrance
impediment
challenge
blocking
impedance
impeding
striking back
warding off
illogicality
discordance
mismatch
irreconcilability
vying
fighting
competitiveness
cover
safeguard
watch
detention
support
parrying
retardation
protecting
halting
shield
protection
screen
withstanding
holding
dissension
feuding
renitency
renitence
lack of congruence
keeping up with the Joneses
animus
reversal
inversion
oppugnance
denial
rejection
clashing
disparateness
uncongeniality
recusancy
collision
gulf
disparity
dissimilarity
disjunction
negativity
inconsonance
chasm
divorce
disunion
partition
trichotomy
repugnancy
tug-of-war
face-off
sweep-stake
dogfight
sweepstakes
emulation
match
disproportion
disproportionateness
lack of accord
dissonance
lack of similarity
unlikeness
variation
inequality
changeability
deviation
opposition to
hostility to
irreconcilable difference
difference of opinion
battling
aversion to
lack of consistency
discord
race
matchup
tournament
event
bout
game
jealousy
candidacy
sport
contesting
struggling
scramble
unwillingness to accept
lack of harmony
ball game
rat race
scrambling
gainstriving
wrangling
dog eat dog nature
disinclination to accept
incongruousness
athletic event
refusal to accept
one on one
confutation
contravention
aporia
antilogy
reluctance to accept
lack of enthusiasm for
oxymoron
ambiguity
disputation
flaw
dispute
bucking
contradiction in terms
more ❯
Noun
▲
The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease
inoculation
injection
jab
shot
vaccination
booster
immunisationUK
immunizationUS
vaccine
dose
fix
hype
serum
booster dose
dosage
administration
venipuncture
venepuncture
revaccination
pop
hit
jag
dram
enema
needle
medical injection
booster shot
booster injection
recall dose
Noun
▲
The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
frustration
blocking
foiling
spoiling
thwarting
obstruction
circumvention
countering
defeat
failure
stopping
balkingUS
baulkingUK
checking
crushing
dashing
derailment
disappointment
forestalling
quashing
scotching
baffling
collapse
crippling
curbing
foundering
hampering
hindering
impediment
setback
snookering
stifling
blow
contravention
hindrance
nonfulfillment
nonfulfilment
scuppering
unfulfillment
disturbance
nonsuccess
non-success
lack of success
ill-success
adverse fate
Noun
▲
Unemotional, dispassionate, or moderate behaviour; self-control
restraint
self-control
self-restraint
self-discipline
continence
control
moderation
self-command
self-possession
abstemiousness
constraint
discipline
discretion
inhibition
refrainment
repression
reserve
self-containment
self-government
self-mastery
suppression
temperateness
will
willpower
judiciousness
non-indulgence
prudence
abstinence
caution
coercion
command
compulsion
confines
coolness
economy
forbearance
grip
hold
secretiveness
self-denial
silence
unnaturalness
withholding
pulling your punches
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act or state of eschewing or avoiding something
avoidance
dodging
eluding
escape
evasion
shunning
eschewal
cop-out
ducking
elusion
eschewing
out
shaking
circumvention
refraining
shirking
absention
anticipation
delay
departure
dodge
escaping
escapism
evading
flight
forbearance
nonparticipation
parry
preventing
recession
recoil
restraint
retreat
run-around
self-restraint
body swerve
keeping away
steering clear
passive resistance
steering clear of
quibbling
fencing
cavillingUK
stalling
pussyfooting
shilly-shallying
tergiversation
cavilingUS
stalling for time
humming and hawing
indecision
uncertainty
doubt
qualification
ambivalence
vacillation
ambiguity
wavering
parrying
temporizingUS
hesitation
doubtfulness
shuffle
equivocality
temporisingUK
temporization
vagueness
dodging the issue
sidestepping the issue
beating about the bush
ducking the issue
more ❯
Noun
▲
A stoppage or sudden cessation of motion
arrest
halt
stoppage
arrestment
cease
cessation
check
close
closedown
closure
conclusion
cutoff
discontinuance
discontinuation
end
ending
expiration
finish
interruption
lapse
offset
shutdown
shutoff
stay
stop
suppression
surcease
termination
blockage
hindrance
inhibition
obstruction
checking
delay
restraining
restraint
stalling
staying
suspension
suspended animation
holding pattern
breathing spell
coffee break
attainment
success
swan song
actualization
actuality
effectuation
last act
summation
performance
tail end
implementation
pass
final stages
carrying out
final scene
postscript
afterword
decline
postlude
effecting
discharge
stopping point
prosecution
fulfilling
reification
acquirement
completing
production
materializationUS
summing-up
concluding speech
solution
maturity
disunion
closer
end piece
crowning glory
feat
materialisationUK
final curtain
enactment
engineering
procurement
triumph
crowning
commission
reaching
perpetration
pursuance
coup
gaining
deed
exploit
act
winning
manoeuvreUK
coup de grace
effort
maneuverUS
successful completion
master stroke
carrying through
monologUS
speech
dispatch
completeness
integration
hips
target
achieving
twilight
sequel
follow-up
term
clarification
unravellingUK
catastrophe
wane
summing up
pay-off
unravelingUS
capping
perfecting
demise
finishing point
final point
last stop
lapsing
cleanup
chaser
blow-off
afterpiece
button
end-stage
end-stages
monologueUK
tail
to a finish
doing it to a T
winter
fag end
autumn
break-up
disjointedness
disconnectedness
stunt
operation
exercise
move
running out
valediction
farewell
leave-taking
suicide note
stratagem
doing
disbanding
incoherence
maturation
stroke of genius
baby
bringing about
recapitulation
recapping
reiteration
dismissal
dispersal
disestablishment
split-up
ripeness
tag end
enjoyment
scattering
recap
lack of unity
cutout
lack of coherence
ripening
back end
silence
release
winding down
evaporation
defunction
disappearance
final section
readiness
fruitfulness
satisfaction
gratification
pleasure
last words
last hurrah
farewell performance
goodbye
final appearance or performance
final gesture
envoi
adieu
last shot
dying words
famous last words
final performance
parting song
final appearance
crowning achievement
PS
closing remarks
rider
appendix
tailpiece
codicil
supplement
addendum
undertaking
masterpiece
conquest
back matter
successful resolution
peak
pinnacle
zenith
tour de force
positive result
successful consummation
successful fulfillment
successful finalization
successful execution
successful conclusion
apex
top
height
summit
apogee
acme
vertex
crown
crest
sum
apotheosis
head
capstone
crescendo
maximum
meridian
noontime
copestone
extremity
noon
high noon
tip-top
high point
highest point
crowning moment
critical mass
high-water mark
crowning touch
punch line
blow off
ne plus ultra
high water mark
more ❯
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