Synonym: aegis, auspices, protective cover, protective covering, security, shelter, trade protection, tribute. Similar words: environmental protection, protective, projection, section, election, objection, infection, selection. Meaning: [prə'tekʃn] n. 1. the activity of protecting someone or something 2. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury 3. defense against financial failure; financial independence 4. the condition of being protected 5. kindly endorsement and guidance 6. the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition 7. payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence.
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211 The man was no fool and his very cynicism afforded him some protection.
212 He hoped they could come to an arrangement which would prevent the dishonour of his claiming its protection.
213 It is difficult for existing borrowers to get mortgage protection insurance.
214 A society of families both constrains male aggressions and channels them toward the protection and support of family and society.
215 For added safety, we will fit miniature circuit breakers to provide reliable and easily operated protection when using any electrical equipment.
216 Chicks in creches need no more from their aunties than protection.
217 Two months later, Valmark also filed for bankruptcy reorganization, seeking protection from creditors.
218 The Secret Service will provide protection immediately adjacent to the chief executive, Meyer said.
219 Buy a high-factor sun lotion, and wear a hat for added protection.
220 Cultivated outdoors, they can supply fresh green leaves throughout autumn and, with some cloche protection, carry on through winter.
221 It seems that the genuine offspring might gain some protection by becoming part of an enlarged brood.
222 Their unsuccessful efforts included a move to block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing provisions of environmental laws now on the books.
223 Take a daily dose of beta carotene which your body turns into vitamin A, as added protection for sensitive skin.
224 Eleven days ago, the second largest lender, the Abbey National, stopped selling mortgage protection insurance to its existing borrowers.
225 Computer system users can not control risk management decisions, but suffer big losses when inadequate protection fails to avert catastrophe.
226 The planting has been sharply criticized by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds because of the effect on local bird life.
227 Carolco filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November and now is selling off its assets.
228 Electronic Shock Protection provides a buffer, in effect accumulating a reservoir of unplayed music.
229 Hard data on the degree of protection afforded by the homoeopathic remedies, therefore, does not exist.
230 The majority of the displaced are therefore reluctant to leave the camps and prefer what little protection the church can offer.
231 They are equipped with full cab signalling and automatic train protection to assist the drivers.
232 By applying heightened equal protection analysis to this case, the Court frustrates the liberating spirit of the Equal Protection Clause.
233 This programme aims to use platinum group metal coatings for high temperature corrosion protection.
234 Adler Coleman, a clearing company for about 40 brokerage firms,[www.Sentencedict.com] files for bankruptcy protection.
235 This is of course a somewhat arbitrary limitation from a fire protection point of view.
236 He said I should have more adequate protection than a burglar alarm.
237 Accordingly, proper legal advice should be taken to ensure all protection available is actually taken advantage of.
238 As head of CI5, Cowley had assumed the responsibility for the protection of the Colonel, a guest in the country.
239 It is not a good idea to be enthusiastically honest with people you do not know well, and it is not wrong to conceal or disguise for self- protection. Dr T.P.Chia
240 It articulates the Group's commitment to attaining the highest practical standards of health, safety and environmental protection in the workplace.
More similar words: environmental protection, protective, projection, section, election, objection, infection, selection, production, reflection, connection, inspection, collection, introspection, in all directions, protest, protein, detective, action, fiction, auction, reaction, fraction, function, reduction, sanction, promotion, proportion, attraction, and function.