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Adjective Concerned with or serving to keep something from happening precautionary prophylactic preventative protective counteractive disease-preventing anticipatory defending defensive preemptive proactive “… if you start taking this preventive medicine now, you may not get sick after all.” Adjective Designed to keep something undesirable such as illness or harm from occurring deterrent inhibitory precautionary protective hampering hindering obstructive pre-emptive preventative impeding “Lord Justice May said the police were entitled to take preventive measures to avoid breaches of the peace.” Noun A measure taken to preclude loss or injury protection safeguard deterrent hindrance block preventative caution defenceUK fail-safe impediment obstruction palladium precaution prevention protective remedy security shield chequeUK checkUS curb neutralizer obstacle precautionary measure prophylactic restraint defenseUS disincentive preventive measure protective measure anticipatory measure “Racial solidarity acts as a preventive of social upheaval.” Noun A medicine or other treatment designed to prevent disease or ill health preventative prophylactic preventive drug prophylactic device prophylactic medicine “Hop Sing had told him how effective they could be as a preventive against disease.” Find more words! 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