preventive measure
Safeguard taken beforehand
A preventive measure is an action taken to stop something undesirable before it happens.
The phrase appears in contexts ranging from personal health to national security: Vaccination is a preventive measure against disease, The company implemented preventive measures to avoid data breaches.
Often shortened to simply "preventive" or "precaution."
- balanced dietVaried nutritional intake
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- firewallsSecurity barriers blocking intrusions
- disaster preparednessPlanning for potential crises
- flood barrierStructure blocking rising water
education programs · early detection · exercise · fail-safe mechanisms · backup plan · vaccination · mask · reforestation · renewable energy · sustainable farming · prophylaxis · climate adaptation · wildlife conservation · erosion control · handwashing · risk assessment · hygiene · lockdown
- preemptive actionspreemptive strike, forestall, first strike, early action, anticipate
preventive measurecorrective action
Steps to fix identified problems
damage control · cure · crisis response · emergency response · recovery effort
preventive measureinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
neglect · passivity · doing nothing · non-intervention · indifference
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