preventer

American  

[pri-ven-ter] / prɪˈvɛn tər /

noun

• preventers
  plural

1. a person or thing that prevents.

2. Nautical.

   1. any of various lines set up to reinforce or relieve ordinary running or standing rigging.

   2. a line for preventing a sail from jibbing.

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preventer British  

/ prɪˈvɛntə /

noun

1. a person or thing that prevents

2. nautical a rope or other piece of gear rigged to prevent a sail from gybing

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• preventers
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of preventer

First recorded in 1580–90; prevent + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

preventer preventers

A diligent plumber will also calculate the pressure loss from the height of the bathroom above the water meter, the pressure loss through the water meter, a backflow preventer and any other pressure regulators.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

She and Sebastian still have "preventer" medication to reduce the risk of an attack and "reliever" medication in case one happens.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2022

The blowout preventer was supposed to be the last-ditch defense against high-pressure gas and oil bursting out of the well.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2016

A blowout preventer, which hadn’t been serviced for nine years, failed to close.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2016

Encouraging himself thus, he grasped his preventer, and pulled about the débris in various places of which he had some suspicion; but the engines had done their work so effectually that not a spark remained.

From Fighting the Flames by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

They require that remotely operated underwater vehicles be capable of opening and closing key components of blowout preventers.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

Another would require blowout preventers — the equipment that failed in 2010 — to always be able to handle the well’s maximum gas flow specifications.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2022

But Sunday’s press conference shows that, through flattery and fear, he can be prevented from preventing the actual preventers from doing prevention.

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2020

We hear of kill lines, blowout preventers, negative pressure tests, and something called the bladder effect, which I would rather not know about.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 30, 2016

He was moving, the whole time, from point to point, feeling shrouds and back-stays, and preventers, in order to ascertain the degree of strain on each, or examining how the purchases stood.

From Jack Tier by James Fenimore Cooper

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