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Another word for preserve

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Verb

  1. To protect (an asset) from loss or destruction

    See also:

    keep

  2. To keep safe from danger, attack, or harm

    See also:

    attack

  3. To keep in a condition of good repair, efficiency, or use

    See also:

    keep

  4. To prepare (food) for storage and future use

    See also:

    keep

Noun

  1. Public land kept for a special purpose

    See also:

    territory

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Another word for preserve

Verb

  1. To guard

    See also:

    defend

  2. To maintain

    See also:

    maintain

  3. To keep

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • He wanted to protect her and preserve her innocence.

  • It still depends on Your Majesty to preserve humanity from the calamity of another war.

  • He had to preserve and protect the underworld, even if it meant stepping away from the comfort zone he'd existed in for millennia.

  • Were preserved meats invented to preserve meat merely?

  • It was a royal preserve, and remains for the most part an uncultivated waste, but it is also a rich coalfield, and there are mines in every direction.

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