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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protective covering, often made of metal |
| Synonyms: | bulletproof vest, defense, guard, mail, plate, protection, security, sheath, shield |
| Main Entry: | defense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armament; protection system |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armor, arms, barricade, bastille, bastion, bulwark, buttress, citadel, cover, deterrence, dike, embankment, fastness, fence, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, guard, immunity, munitions, palisade, parapet, position, protection, rampart, redoubt, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter, shield, stockade, stronghold, trench, wall, ward, warfare, weaponry, weapons |
| Antonyms: | desertion, flight, surrender |
| Main Entry: | guard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defense |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, buffer, bulwark, pad, protection, rampart, safeguard, screen, security, shield, ward |
| Main Entry: | helmet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | headgear |
| Synonyms: | armor, busby, crash helmet, hard hat, hat, head protector, kepi, safety helmet, shako |
| Main Entry: | protection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, guardianship |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, guarding, insurance, invulnerability, preservation, protecting, reassurance, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, self-defense, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, wardship |
| Antonyms: | attack, harm, hurt, injury, threat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | safeguard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, buffer, bulwark, convoy, defense, escort, guard, screen, security, shield, surety, ward |
| Antonyms: | endangerment, harm, hurt, injury |
| Main Entry: | security |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | safety, protection |
| Synonyms: | aegis, agreement, armament, armor, asylum, bail, bond, care, collateral, compact, contract, covenant, cover, custody, defense, earnest, freedom, guarantee, guard, immunity, insurance, pact, pawn, pledge, precaution, preservation, promise, redemption, refuge, retreat, safeguard, safekeeping, safeness, safety measure, salvation, sanctuary, shelter, shield, surety, surveillance, token, ward, warrant |
| Antonyms: | danger, insecurity, peril, trouble |
| Main Entry: | shield |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
| Synonyms: | absorber, aegis, armament, armor, buckler, buffer, bulwark, bumper, cover, defense, escutcheon, guard, mail, rampart, safeguard, screen, security, shelter, ward |
| Main Entry: | thick skin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to withstand |
| Synonyms: | apathy, armor, callousness, elephant skin, formidable defenses, hard shell, imperviousness, numbness, rhinoceros hide, thick hide, thick shell, unfeelingness |
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