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25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رَدَّ (radda) — prevent something from happening
• Arabic: صَدَّ (ṣadda) — prevent something from happening
• Azerbaijani: qarşısını almaq — prevent something from happening
• Czech: odvrátit — prevent something from happening
• Czech: odvracet — prevent something from happening
• Dutch: afweren — prevent something from happening
• Finnish: torjua — prevent something from happening
• Finnish: pitää loitolla — prevent something from happening
• French: éviter — prevent something from happening
• French: conjurer — prevent something from happening
• German: verhindern — prevent something from happening
• German: abwehren — prevent something from happening
• German: abwenden — prevent something from happening
• Italian: prevenire — prevent something from happening
• Polish: zapobiegać — prevent something from happening
• Polish: zażegnać — prevent something from happening
• Polish: zażegnywać — prevent something from happening
• Russian: предотвращать (predotvraščatʹ) — prevent something from happening
• Spanish: evitar — prevent something from happening
• Spanish: prevenir — prevent something from happening
• Spanish: atajar — prevent something from happening
• Spanish: obviar — prevent something from happening
• Spanish: impedir — prevent something from happening
• Swedish: avvärja — prevent something from happening
• Swedish: mota bort — prevent something from happening