preventive
adjective
of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
preventively
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a word derived from
preventive.
Example Sentences
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He called for better coordination at the European level to act preventively.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
The agency preventively closed an extensive swath of airspace extending 1,600 nautical miles from the launch site, across the Gulf of Mexico and through part of the Caribbean.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
Edison didn’t preventively shut down the lines in Eaton Canyon or Sylmar on Jan. 7, but said the delayed upgrade had nothing to do with that decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
It said the drones and missiles “that entered our airspace last night were dealt with and confronted preventively without endangering the safety of our citizens and residential and populated areas.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2024
It is not enough to have eliminated preventively the hypothesis of factors, because the narrator constantly finds himself in the presence of things which seem incongruous, independent, and self-directing.
From Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History by Antonio Labriola
