Definition of "preventable" []

• Able to be or fit to be prevented (adjective)

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• "The School Access to Emergency Act addresses what I call "preventable hindsight.""
• "DOBBS: In just a moment, I'll be talking with former Ambassador Peter Galbraith, an eyewitness to what he called a preventable disaster in Iraq."
• "The family of Zolpis read tearful victim impact statements in an Ottawa courtroom on Thursday morning, describing how tortured they felt over what they described as a preventable death."