preventer
About 0.05 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun One who, or that which, prevents.
- noun An arrangement, made with ropes and blocks, that prevents the boom of a sailing boat from performing a jibe.
- noun Any of various lines set up to reinforce or relieve ordinary running or standing rigging.
Similar words
preventor protector interrupter hinderer checker intercipient preserver proscriber rainproofer waterproofer
Often followed by
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Word family
prevent preventabilities preventability preventable prevented preventers preventible preventing prevents
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