forcibly prevent
Frequency: 7.514.1 per million words
To stop someone from doing something or stop something from happening, using physical power.
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- Security guards forcibly prevented the protesters from entering the building.
- The police had to forcibly prevent the protesters from entering the building.
- The authorities will forcibly prevent anyone from tampering with the evidence.
- His parents tried to forcibly prevent him from leaving the country.
- He was forcibly prevented from leaving the quarantine facility.
- Security personnel were trained to forcibly prevent unauthorized access to the restricted area.
- New barriers forcibly prevent crowds from pushing onto the tracks.
- Despite their resistance, they could not forcibly prevent the demolition of the historic monument.
- Officers are forcibly preventing fans from storming the pitch.
- The new regulations aim to forcibly prevent the illegal export of cultural artifacts.
- The court order allowed police to forcibly prevent the march from proceeding.
- The referee had to forcibly prevent the two players from fighting on the field.
- They cannot forcibly prevent you from seeking medical care.
- Activists attempted to forcibly prevent the logging company from clearing the forest.
- Guards used shields to forcibly prevent the crowd from breaking the cordon.
- The border patrol was instructed to forcibly prevent any attempts at illegal crossing.
- Residents were forcibly prevented from returning to their homes after the explosion.
- She stood her ground, ready to forcibly prevent anyone from harming her family.
- The emergency decree would forcibly prevent people from gathering indoors.
- Measures were implemented to forcibly prevent the spread of the highly contagious disease.