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What is a preventer?

What is a preventer? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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.
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We also have an option now available to us to actually put a valve or new blowout preventer on top of the existing one.
Even with a preventer on to reduce the risk of an accidental jibe, it is a rolly ride.
No lawn means there's no lawn mower, no bags of crabgrass preventer or grub control.
They will do that to raise the blowout preventer which officials say is key to help determine what caused the gulf oil disaster.
The safety of oil drilling depends on the reliability of a blowout preventer.
I got this call around the time I learned why red clover has an age-old reputation as a cancer preventer.

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