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protect

/ protect /

verb

verb Sense 1

shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

"Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"

Type of:

defend

Kinds of:

cover for immunize immunise overprotect look out

Derived:

protective covering protective cover protection defender guardian

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s on something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb Sense 2

use tariffs to favor domestic industry

Type of:

assist

Derived:

protection trade protection

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s something with something

Domain:

trade

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