Shields Synonyms and Antonyms

Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. defenses
  2. shelters
  3. safeguards
  4. guards
  5. protections
  6. shells
  7. testudos
  8. wards
  9. targets
  10. securities
  11. scuta
  12. buffers
  13. protectors
  14. bulwarks
  15. preservations
  16. cuticles
  17. escutcheons
Antonyms:
  1. exposures
  2. dangers
To protect from being attacked, exposed to danger, or subjected to difficulty:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. defends

Shields Sentence Examples

  • The eyes are hidden by shields of the skin.

  • The shields of arms are for the dukes of f iilich and Berg, counts of Ravensberg, and for the electors of Bavaria.

  • The badge has an elaborate design; it consists of a star of purple, red, yellow, gold and silver rays, on which are displayed old Japanese weapons, banners and shields in various coloured enamels, the whole surmounted by a golden kite with outstretched wings.

  • He was elected to the state House of Representatives, from which he immediately resigned to become a candidate for United States senator from Illinois, to succeed James Shields, a Democrat; but five opposition members, of Democratic antecedents, refused to vote for Lincoln (on the second ballot he received 47 votes-50 being necessary to elect) and he turned the votes which he controlled over to Lyman Trumbull, who was opposed to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and thus secured the defeat of Joel Aldrich Matteson (1808-1883), who favoured this act and who on the eighth ballot had received 47 votes to 35 for Trumbull and 15 for Lincoln.

  • They brought with them iron, which they used for their long swords and for their cutting implements; the costume of both sexes was distinct from that of the Pelasgians; they used round shields with a central boss instead of the 8-shaped or rectangular shields of the latter; they fastened their garments with brooches, and burned their dead instead of burying them as did the Pelasgians.

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