protecting

Meaning

of Protect

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

guardian guard savin keep self-defense security cover protection safety defense screen protected save secure safe
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Antonyms

active baring spending crossing attacking invasive
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Phrases with the word

fire-protecting corrosion-protecting protecting cap excessively protecting coast-protecting structure protecting the soil

Examples

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. Clarence Darrow

We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity. George Soros

Balancing the budget is like protecting your virtue, you have to learn how to say no. Ronald Reagan

Just as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the future of the sea, for the creatures there, and for us, protecting special critical areas in the ocean. Sylvia Earle

It has been said that time heals all wounds, I don't agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue, and the pain lessens, but is never gone. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. Ambrose Bierce

Close letter words and terms

protecter protectible protectin protecting cap protecting group protecting the soil