we prevented
-avons empêché
Past we conjugation of prevent.

prevent

I know we lost a lot today, but we prevented a genocide in Korea.
On a beaucoup perdu aujourd'hui, mais on a empêché un génocide en Corée.
The Prestige tanker was carrying high-sulphur heavy oil from Estonia to Singapore, but a lot of the rest is used in shipping, causing pollution at sea which we prevented on land.
Le Prestige transportait du pétrole brut à haute teneur en soufre de l'Estonie vers Singapour mais une grande partie du reste est utilisé pour la navigation, causant en mer une pollution que nous évitons sur terre.
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