Excessive
Excessive adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.
Preventing and excessive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Preventing" instead an adjective "Excessive".
Nearby Words: excess, excessively
Preventing
Excessive and preventing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excessive" instead an adjective "Preventing".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- It's a little uncertain whom the bigger "oops" is on here, since Dhaos' whole war was about preventing humanity from bleeding out all the mana with their excessive use of sorcery.
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His nephew Soll Dibbler is rather effective in preventing his more excessive attempts.
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