(medicine) medicine given to prevent illness, rather than treat it.

(team sports) Any defense intended to prevent rapid scoring by the offense, at the expense of allowing relatively easy, slower scoring.

plural of blowout preventer

War started by one of the parties without having received any attack from the other party. This type of war is initiated by states unable to use diplomacy

(US) Prevention of a loss of profit (instances of theft, fraud, etc.) done by retail stores. / (US) The department or a person who is employed to carry out loss prevention.

Work done by the coastguard to prevent smuggling.

plural of preventive service

plural of preventive war

plural of loss prevention

It is better to prevent the creation of a problem than to have to deal with it afterwards.