Synonym: caring, protective. Similar words: protection, environmental protection, detective, objective, productive, perspective, collective, effectively. Meaning: [prə'tektə] adj. 1. intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind 2. showing a care 3. (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful.
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151. An interesting, yet largely unexplored area relates to protective factors that tend to prevent the expression of eating disorders.
152. Meldola himself was much interested in protective colouring and mimicry of moths.
153. It was only natural for them to become as protective of Bapi as they were of the tiniest infants in their care.
154. He looked over to the childlike form on his bed and felt a protective instinct so strong he almost wept.
155. Yet the woman who finds a genuinely protective mate in a less glamorous man may still feel romantically deprived.
156. He is not highly protective, but neither are most scholars in the academic world.
157. But that we are being held in protective custody in a special private clinic.
158. Free sparring 1: kungfu students take part in tournaments wearing protective gear.
159. He swaggered across and loomed over her, aggressive and protective at the same time.
160. And they were very protective of me the entire day.
161. But a defensive capacity was retained to test the effectiveness of protective gear used by the armed forces, defense officials say.
162. First Day Covers are sent directly to your address inside a protective outer envelope.
163. Dilapidated public schools-their windows covered by protective grilles coexist with crack houses.
164. Glutathione is an important constituent of intracellular protective mechanisms against a number of noxious stimuli including oxidative stress.
165. Remove the failed bud,[www.Sentencedict.com] clean off any browning on the stem and paint over with a protective fungicidal paint such as Arbrex.
166. Its empire had collapsed, its protective ring of island bastions smashed, its people on the verge of starvation.
167. Normally, the drug itself is retained by a protective coating which conceals its taste.
168. Rangers had to go to the expense of putting £30,000-worth of protective covering over the pitch after a day of persistent rain.
169. I touched my green card in my jacket pocket and felt the plastic protective cover between my fingers.
170. The introduction of protective clothing with the Garden logo will help visitors to identify such staff. 3.2 Orientation.
171. I have tried ever since, through writing, to penetrate my own layers of protective skin.
172. Every detail was picked out by the floodlights mounted high up on the walls behind protective grilles.
173. Oils produced by the skin form a protective barrier against infection and disease.
174. It is a powerful protective antioxidant and lavish amounts of the best quality olive oil can be consumed without risk.
175. These protective effects of calcium are not inhibited by a fourfold increase in dietary phosphate.
176. For it turned out that she felt protective towards the actor George Felix and preferred to keep their encounter private.
177. Instead, two technicians put on special protective clothing, removed a plug and looked inside the pile.
178. Savage Orc Shamans are best placed with units of Savage Orcs where their protective tattoos will be enhanced.
179. Finally, we tested the effects of indomethacin on diet induced protective changes.
180. An umbrella of protective sky-borne weapons over every single house was a comforting thought.
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