That checks; reproving, censorious (obsolete); refusing the fist (as a hawk); restraining, controlling.

= preclusive, adj.

That precludes or tends to preclude an event, occurrence, etc.; preventative of something.

That prevents or guards against the occurrence of something; precautionary; acting as a hindrance or obstacle. Cf. preventative, adj. 1.

Preventive; prophylactic.

That prevents or guards against the occurrence of something; precautionary. Cf. preventive, adj. 1a.

Precautionary; that prevents something from occurring or being done; = preventional, adj. 1.

So great as to be restrictive; = prohibitive, adj. 3.

Of conditions, as taxes or prices: so high or great as to be restrictive or preventative. (Now the most common sense.)