The meaning of Prophylactic

adjective

Happening, performed, or felt in anticipation of something.

Usage examples:

An anticipatory flash of excitement

noun

An instruction to release someone on bail (= to release an arrested person after they have paid an amount of money, which they will lose if they do not return for trial) that is given before a person has been arrested

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Anticipatory bail cannot be granted as a matter of right., anticipatory bail becomes effective from…

noun

A thin rubber sheath worn on a man's penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a protection against infection.

Usage examples:

You may be irritated by certain makes of condoms, contraceptive creams or lubricants.

noun

A thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.

Usage examples:

Cameras are a major deterrent to crime

adjective

Able or intended to deter.

Usage examples:

The deterrent effect of heavy prison sentences

noun

Something that deters people from doing something

Usage examples:

A nuclear deterrent, tougher prison sentences may act/serve as a deterrent to other would-be offend…

noun

A brand name for a type of condom

noun

A brand name for a type of condom that a woman puts in her vagina before having sex

adjective

Typically french in character.

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Progressive frenchy art

noun

A french person.

Usage examples:

Then how are we to sink the frenchies and the spanish?

adjective

Hindering or preventing an action.

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Some may find such limits inhibitory

adjective

With the effect or function of inhibiting (= stopping or slowing down) a process

Usage examples:

Inhibitory neurons, an inhibitory effect on mould growth, the part of the brain associated with jud…

noun

Used as a name for an unknown man, often suggesting that he is unimportant or insignificant.

Usage examples:

The security johnny insists that you sign the visitors' book

noun

A condom

adjective

Done before someone else can act, especially to prevent them doing what they had planned

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Pre-emptive action/measure/move the treasury decided to raise interest rates as a pre-emptive measu…

noun

A measure taken in advance to prevent something dangerous, unpleasant, or inconvenient from happening.

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He had taken the precaution of seeking legal advice

noun

An action taken to prevent something unpleasant or dangerous from happening

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Homeowners should take the basic precaution of locking their doors and windows., the company has wi…

noun

Something that is done to try and protect a person or thing from something dangerous or harmful

Usage examples:

The bank decided to reduce interest rates as a precaution against inflation., we're taking every pr…

adjective

Carried out as a precaution; preventive.

Usage examples:

She was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure

adjective

Preventing something from happening; restrictive.

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Grounds for preclusive intervention

adjective

Preventing something from happening, or making it impossible for it to happen

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Declaring that the issue was one of preclusion, the court decided that there was no preclusive effe…

adjective

Preventing something from happening, or making it impossible for it to happen

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Preclusive effect declaring that the issue was one of preclusion, the court decided that there was …

adjective

Designed to keep something undesirable such as illness or harm from occurring; preventive.

Usage examples:

A number of preventative measures are required

noun

A medicine or other treatment designed to prevent disease or ill health.

Usage examples:

There are lots of proposed jet lag remedies and preventatives

adjective

→  preventive

adjective

Designed to keep something undesirable such as illness or harm from occurring.

Usage examples:

Preventive medicine

noun

A medicine or other treatment designed to prevent disease or ill health.

Usage examples:

Quinine was used as a malaria preventive

adjective

Intended to stop something before it happens

Usage examples:

Preventive measures, preventative health care

adjective

Intended to protect someone or something.

Usage examples:

Protective gloves are worn to minimize injury

noun

A thing that protects someone or something.

Usage examples:

An effectual protective against the midge

noun

A tough elastic polymeric substance made from the latex of a tropical plant or synthetically.

Usage examples:

Heat and sunlight may cause rubber to deteriorate

noun

A contest consisting of a series of successive matches (typically three or five) between the same sides or people in cricket, tennis, and other games.

Usage examples:

The opening rubber of britain's davis cup tie against argentina

noun

An elastic, waterproof substance made either from the juice of a tree that grows in hotter parts of the world or artificially

Usage examples:

[ u ] rubber boots/gloves, [ u ] tires are made of rubber., [ pl ] wear your rubbers – it’s raining.

adjective

Protected from or not exposed to danger or risk; not likely to be harmed or lost.

Usage examples:

Eggs remain in the damp sand, safe from marine predators

noun

A strong fireproof cabinet with a complex lock, used for the storage of valuables.

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Another successful selling point abrams uses is the discounts many insurance companies give to cust…

adjective

Free from danger or harm, or not causing danger or harm

Usage examples:

Have a safe trip., is this medicine safe for children?, i feel safe here., she’s looking for some s…

noun

A measure taken to protect someone or something or to prevent something undesirable.

Usage examples:

The charity called for tougher safeguards to protect britain's remaining natural forests

verb

Protect from harm or damage with an appropriate measure.

Usage examples:

A framework which safeguards employees from exploitation

verb

To protect someone or something from harm or destruction

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Judges have an obligation to safeguard our right to free speech and a free press., the best safegua…

noun

The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury.

Usage examples:

They should leave for their own safety

noun

The condition of not being in danger or of not being dangerous

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For your safety, keep your seat belt securely fastened., fire officials worry about the safety of t…

noun

The state of being protected from danger or harm

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You have a right to be protected against anything that can affect your safety., public/passenger/co…

noun

A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword.

Usage examples:

Drawing the sword free of the sheath she inspected the blade.

noun

The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

Usage examples:

I use body lotion to keep my skin supple

verb

Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable).

Usage examples:

Scald and skin the tomatoes

noun

The natural outer layer that covers a person or animal

Usage examples:

[ c ] leopard skins, [ u ] he had dark, leathery skin., potato skins, [ c ] those airplanes have ti…