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Word: preventive (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Carried out to deter military aggression.
  • Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
  • Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.

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Noun:

  • A contraceptive, especially a condom.
  • nonstandard A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
  • nonstandard A thing that slows the development of an illness.

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