His sense of honor prevented him from striking an opponent who refused battle.

I rushed forward to prevent him from striking her by clinging onto his free arm.

The man grabbed his throat as if to prevent the bullets from striking it.

She collapsed to the floor, barely able to bring one hand up in time to prevent herself from striking her head.

The crew's evasive actions were not sufficient to prevent the plane from striking the ground.

He went astern, to prevent his vessel from striking the wharf.

He then took control, but was not fast enough to prevent the aircraft from striking a frozen lake and bouncing back into the air.

In the rejuvenated effort to prevent a terrorist from striking a nuclear blow, this is where most of the attention and money are focused.

He has held back my hand, prevented me from striking until the time is right.