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Another word for protect

Verb

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

    2. See also:

    attack

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Another word for protect

Verb
    2. See also:

    defend

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • They are elected or appointed to protect the rights of the citizens, yet they become the agents of their death.

  • "I can't protect you," she said.

  • I'll protect you as I always have.

  • He wanted to protect her and preserve her innocence.

  • A woman has a right to protect herself – any way she can.

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