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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241 The Supreme Court is expected to weaken further the nationwide constitutional protection for abortion early next year.
242 Federal safety experts say such helmets appear to offer adequate protection for skaters.
243 The Environmental Protection Agency has authorised the storage of only 8,500 drums in the cavern over a five year test period.
244 Purines protected by Jun are denoted by asterisks whose size correlates with the degree of protection.
245 The Government had failed to agree on a programme: Baldwin was for protection.
246 The bull was under the protection of a court order.
247 Globe artichokes are sprouting new leaves and may need protection from frost in cold areas.
248 It is arguable that married women no longer need the protection afforded to them by cases like these.
249 The companies also undertake to ensure the protection of four marine species: kelp, abalone, sand dollars and sea urchins.
250 Polybius travelled in Celtic lands under Roman auspices and with Roman help and protection.
251 Bicycle riders are exposed and vulnerable, and when they are involved in accidents their machines give them virtually no protection.
252 They assert that the student has been incapacitated by the power differential, and must be in need of their protection.
253 Also available is an Income Protection Plan with a maximum benefit of £6,000 a month.
254 Overalls: Full bodied boiler suit style overalls are sufficient protection for most activities.
255 Three days later, however[sentencedict.com], President Nixon ordered that the reconnaissance missions be resumed and that they receive adequate protection.
256 Supporters argue that the measure would provide care centers protection from false accusations.
257 No scientist is careless enough to handle dangerous chemicals or substances without suitable protection.
258 The company, which is trading under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, did not give the nine month figures.
259 The ability to collapse their lung air-sacs with increasing depth is probably the dolphin's major protection against the bends.
260 Employees need legal protection against capricious and unfair actions by their employers.
261 Low structure and tussock shape, which gives protection from drying winds, e.g. heather, bilberry.
262 Some have gone even further and are offering free mortgage protection insurance for new borrowers.
263 The service has also agreed to expedite final consideration of 900 species believed worthy of protection.
264 The agreements expired in 1992 and were not renewed, because they afforded the kind of protection banned under international trade agreements.
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265 Such whistles were blown only during war to offer the warrior supernatural protection.
266 Now the area will be seen for what it has to offer: superb technical lines of good rock and ace protection.
267 Some index-linked gilts offer protection well into the next century.
268 It is this, primarily, because suitable cover is afforded for protection and food is plentiful for the young fishes.
269 Environmental protection Overpopulation in the Majority World has often been blamed for ecological catastrophe.
270 It seems advisable for practitioners who do not normally wear glasses to use simple eye protection glasses for routine cases.
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.