prevent
verb (used with object)
to keep from occurring; avert; hinder.
preventible
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a word derived from
prevent.
Example Sentences
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We must and shall revolt against the evil lot, which preventible ignorance, ill health, and poverty bring on hundreds of thousands of children.
From Another Sheaf by John Galsworthy
I have made a monstrous fire, but thirst and impatience are hard to bear, and preventible misfortunes are always irksome.
From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
Few really comprehend the immense pecuniary loss, to say nothing of the amount of suffering, that we endure by this extra and easily preventible amount of sickness.
From Lectures on Ventilation Being a Course Delivered in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia by Lewis W. Leeds
The years 1769 to 1773 afforded abundant evidence of the terrible prevalence of what are now considered preventible diseases.
From Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King by Alfred Kingston
Her husband humoured her, but secretly he took care that every preventible chance of a breakdown should be removed.
From Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers by Mark Rutherford
