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Definition of Protect
1. Verb. Shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage. "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"
Generic synonyms: Defend
Derivative terms: Protection, Protection, Protective, Protector
2. Verb. Use tariffs to favor domestic industry.
Definition of Protect
1. v. t. To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.
Definition of Protect
1. Verb. To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Protect
1. to keep from harm, attack, or injury [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protect
Literary usage of Protect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Preserve and protect, THINK ABOUT GAMMA COUNTING. THINK ABOUT SAFE, GENTLE SAMPLE
HANDLING. THINK ABOUT SHIELDING AGAINST BACKGROUND. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"As to the action of our government in landing marines to protect the Trans-Isthmian
Railroad its defense lies in an appeal to the Treaty of 1846, ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... some man of discretion and integrity, who would dare to assert their privileges,
to represent their grievances, to protect the poor from the tyranny of ..."
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