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prevention
  1. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
  2. (medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
  3. (obsolete) The act of going, or state of being, before.
  4. (obsolete) Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks; hence, precaution; forethought.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “I refer to such cases only to show that our law is no stranger to the prevention of risk.”
      “Effective prevention of petty crimes such as theft will enable the police to focus their efforts on cracking down on hard crime.”
      “For children, dietary guidance must focus on health promotion and habits fostering later prevention of chronic diseases.”
preventer
  1. One who, or that which, prevents.
  2. (nautical) An arrangement, made with ropes and blocks, that prevents the boom of a sailing boat from performing a jibe.
  3. (nautical) Any of various lines set up to reinforce or relieve ordinary running or standing rigging.
  4. Examples:
    1. “No lawn means there's no lawn mower, no bags of crabgrass preventer or grub control.”
      “I got this call around the time I learned why red clover has an age-old reputation as a cancer preventer.”
      “Stretching does not live up to its reputation as an injury preventer, a study has found.”
preventive
  1. (dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
  2. (nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
  3. A contraceptive, especially a condom.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Administrators considered the measure a preventive against social unrest.”
      “Hop Sing had told him how effective they could be as a preventive against disease.”
preventability
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being preventable
  2. (countable) The extent to which something is preventable
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  4. Examples:
    1. “I think it's far too soon to draw conclusions about direct culpability, but there was definitely an element of preventability here.”
      “The study sought to determine expert opinion regarding the preventability of pressure ulcers.”
      “Too many women are unaware of their risk factors and the prevalence and preventability of heart disease.”
preventableness
  1. The quality of being preventable.
preventiveness
  1. The quality of being preventive.
preventative
preventabilities
preventatives
  1. plural of preventative
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Or should you bother, if some of the preventatives have potentially alarming side-effects?”
      “Veterinarians from across the country report that dog owners have trouble remembering to give monthly heartworm preventatives as prescribed.”
      “At the same time, last weekend the UN admitted that HIV infection is spreading worldwide, despite the use of preventatives and precautions.”
preventives
  1. plural of preventive
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In addition, these are all measures at the end of the line that need to be complemented by many more preventives.”
      “But don't expect that to stop drug companies from hyping their cholesterol lowering products as preventives for breast cancer.”
      “And, he says, the most powerful preventives are on the shelves of your natural foods store.”
preventions
preventers
  1. plural of preventer
  2. Examples:
    1. “These work in the same way as inhaled preventers, by reducing inflammation.”
      “Unlike relievers, preventers aren't meant to have an immediate effect and should be used as prescribed, whether or not there are symptoms.”
      “Reduced pressure backflow preventers are more expensive, used mostly in commercial irrigation installations.”
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