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preventive
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adjective
(= prophylactic)
preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
preventive medicine
vaccines are prophylactic
a prophylactic drug
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adjective
tending to prevent or hinder
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noun
(= preventative)
remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
the doctor recommended several preventatives
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noun
(= contraceptive)
an agent or device intended to prevent conception
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noun
(= hindrance)
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
arrest
Verb
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If you are arrested you are caught by the police.
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If something arrests something else, it stops it.
His development was arrested by the disease.
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If something arrests it stops.
We called the ambulance after his heart arrested this morning.
arrest
Noun
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An arrest is when the police catch someone.
They made several arrests last night.
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An arrest is someone caught by the police.
Hey, that punk was my arrest, don't you try to take credit.
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An arrest is stopping, most often used for the heart.
He went into cardiac arrest (his heart stopped) at 8:37 this morning.