prevention
the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
a preventive: This serum is a prevention against disease.
Origin of prevention
1Other words from prevention
- non·pre·ven·tion, noun
Words Nearby prevention
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How to use prevention in a sentence
Once, when occupying a cell in near a phone, I saw the suicide prevention protocols in action.
In 2005, the company got a call from a new, unexpected client: The Centers for Disease Control and prevention.
The American Ebola Rescue Plan Hinges on One Company. Meet Phoenix. | Abby Haglage | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs the Centers for Disease Control and prevention has repeatedly noted, Ebola is not transferred through air.
Since the 10th century, Bulgaria has practiced varying forms of prevention to keep vampires from coming back to life.
The NFL is now requiring violence prevention education and training for all players and staff.
The prevention of this evil, therefore, was an object which a reformed house of commons was especially bound to secure.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanHence the only safe, as well as the only advantageous way out of this confusion is to go forward on the Principle of prevention.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbThe important practical question is the prevention of the fulfilment of the morbid impulse during these impressionable years.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malleyprevention consists in cutting the roots; not feeding them when the animals are very hungry, and not disturbing them while eating.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenThus was the metropolis happily preserved; but the bloody part of the intended tragedy was past prevention.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John Foxe
British Dictionary definitions for prevention
/ (prɪˈvɛnʃən) /
the act of preventing
a hindrance, obstacle, or impediment
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