preventer
noun
a person or thing that prevents.
preventers
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pluralof preventer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Angelle said initial staff recommendations to keep the two-week testing frequency for blowout preventers “were not ready and ripe.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2020
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
A constant water supply is laid on, there being no cisterns but those to the water-waste preventers to closets.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various
