preventive measure

collocation in English

meaningsofpreventiveandmeasure

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preventive
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈven.tɪv/us
/prɪˈven.t̬ɪv/
intended to stop something before ...
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measure
noun
uk
/ˈmeʒ.ər/us
/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofpreventiveandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In addition, there are several problems associated with the use of individual prosecution as apreventivemeasure.
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But he envisaged this as only a secondarypreventivemeasure, believing that the typhus epidemic was already in remission.
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What is remarkable about this operation is that it was implemented as apreventivemeasurebefore any major trouble had occurred.
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Total eradication of leptospires from natural reservoirs of water is impossible and the optimalpreventivemeasureis avoidance of hazardous recreational pursuits.
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As with anypreventivemeasure, not all those purchasing and using hip protectors would suffer a hip fracture without them.
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This proposedpreventivemeasureraises many ethical issues.
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The most importantpreventivemeasureis to intervene effectively against smoking.
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Polysaccharide or new conjugate pneumococcal vaccines in high-risk individuals remain the most effectivepreventivemeasureto reduce disease and control the spread of resistant isolates.
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The most important evidence in public health documents that improved health status follows from a certain intervention, such as apreventivemeasureor a public health program.
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It is also a curative rather than apreventivemeasure, and this is not what this action programme is about.
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The fluoridation of water supplies is a far more effectivepreventivemeasureagainst dental decay.
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For that reason, a ban on tobacco advertising is the most effective educational andpreventivemeasure and a crucial aspect of any anti-smoking campaign.
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We were no longer allowed to vaccinate as apreventivemeasure.
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Will free eye tests—a singlepreventivemeasurethat would make a real difference to the health of a great number of people—return?
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We do not want to go in first as apreventivemeasureif that can be avoided.
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The object of the new paragraph is to give the court power to make an order in such a case as apreventivemeasure.
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I wanted to combat the view he put before us that this measure could not be understood to be apreventivemeasure.
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I look upon this as overwhelmingly apreventivemeasure.
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Tackling lack of educational culture among the very young, particularly in deprived communities, is an essentialpreventivemeasure.
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The procedure was designed as apreventivemeasurefor rapid action to stop the dissemination of objectionable material.
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