Answer to "Prevent from happening" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word THWART which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2019.

Prevent from happening crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
THWART	50 %	6
PRECLUDE	17 %	8
AVOID	17 %	5
AVERT	17 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Prevent from happening

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• avert
• forestall
• obviate
• prevent
• guard against
• stave off
• ward off
• prevention
• preventive
• turn back
• let
• keep out

Crossword Answer definitions

THWART noun

1. A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
2. A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
3. An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.

THWART verb

1. To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
2. To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
3. To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
4. To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.

THWART adjective

1. Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
2. Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
3. Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.

THWART adverb

1. Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.

THWART preposition

1. Across, athwart.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result THWART

• Foil
• Block
• Frustrate
• Foil the plans of
• Oppose successfully
• Stymie
• Wreck the plans of
• Short-circuit
• Keep from happening
• Stymie, as plans

More clues leading to the result PRECLUDE

• Make impossible
• Rule out in advance
• Shut out
• Make impossible.
• Shut out.
• Prevent.
• Head off
• Render impossible
• Prevent from happening

More clues leading to the result AVOID

• Sidestep
• Steer clear of
• Steer away from
• Duck
• Keep from occurring
• Stay clear of
• Shun
• Don't confront
• Get out of the way of
• Dodge

More clues leading to the result AVERT

• Turn away
• Forestall
• Turn aside
• Turn away from
• Ward off
• Head off
• Sidestep
• Stave off
• Fend off
• Deflect