ehkäistä

Etymology
, through dialectal ehkätä.

Verb

 * 1)  to prevent, keep from occurring, avert, block, bar
 * 2)  to thwart, frustrate, foil, arrest, forestall; to intercept, defend against, counteract, fend off, keep/hold back, hold up, stave/ward off, check, halt
 * 3)  to suppress, repress, stanch, stop
 * 1)  to suppress, repress, stanch, stop
 * 1)  to suppress, repress, stanch, stop