Synonym: cover, defend, ensure, guard, harbor, safeguard, screen, shelter, shield. Similar words: protective, protection, protect from, environmental protection, protest, protein, rote, proton. Meaning: [prə'tekt] v. 1. shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage 2. use tariffs to favor domestic industry.
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211 It also contain antibodies that protect her against infections - and it costs nothing!
212 It is essential that these countries, too, adopt policies that will help to protect the Ozone Layer.
213 They believed their children were being abused by the system set up to protect them.
214 He then proceeded tactfully to admonish the theorists of botany in order to protect the practitioners of gardening.
215 The council is the plaintiff, but it has brought this action to protect the interests of the residents.
216 Physical activity Regular physical activity can help you control your weight and can help protect you against heart disease.
217 But the response must be limited to the amount of force necessary to protect them.
218 The statute requires, however, not a threat of immediate danger, but rather an immediate need to act to protect.
219 So plants, quite naturally, have the ability to protect themselves from predators, just as all other creatures do.
220 Pain is usually allied to behaviour which will protect injured parts and provide better conditions for local recovery.
221 You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. Jonathan Safran Foer
222 We suggest you massage almond oil into your hands and cuticles before bedtime, to soften and protect them.
223 All they have to protect themselves are Milan anti-tank missiles and light arms.
224 Cattle wore collars of rowan wood to protect them from spells and curses.
225 Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is a question of engagement. Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose; the level to which we protect ourselves from being vulnerable is a measure of our fear and disconnection. Brene Brown
226 Well the good news is that red wine is not the only alcoholic drink that may protect against heart disease.
227 But police say they had to act quickly to protect staff and shoppers.
228 Religion cannot protect itself from religious hypocrites, including priests who sexually abuse teenagers and altar boys. Dr T.P.Chia
229 It is important for administrators to protect against denial-of-service threats without denying access to legitimate users.
230 It is the T-cells which stimulate the B cells to produce the necessary antibodies to protect the body against an invading pathogen.
231 Until the healing process is well advanced(sentencedict.com), the body forms a scab over the wound to protect it.
232 Chairman, Prys Edwards, said the scheme aimed to protect holidaymakers.
233 Still, Dave puts his family at great risk, yet takes smart precautions to protect a casual acquaintance.
234 Is a social service agency liable for failure to protect the child after the abuse has been reported?
235 Equally, there is an insistence on the need to protect people from the arbitrary power of the state.
236 A simple, though possibly simplistic, explanation is that these organisms use antibiotics to protect their food supply.
237 Thanks to this quick getaway aquarium heaters need not be shielded to protect Ampullaria from burns.
238 It was to be a shield of freedom to protect the emancipated slave against abuses from the states.
239 It also recommends a study of how to protect aircraft from missiles.
240 Anodisation is used to protect aluminium components that are likely to be exposed to the elements.
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