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protecting
adjective as in defensive
adjective as in motherly
adjective as in on guard
adjective as in protective
noun as in conservancy
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
noun as in conservation
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in imperviousness
Strong matches
noun as in insulation
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in insusceptibility
Weak matches
- battle
- blocking
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- immunity
- impedance
- impediment
- impeding
- imperviousness
- intransigence
- obstruction
- parrying
- protection
- rebuff
- refusal
- retardation
- safeguard
- screen
- shield
- stand
- striking back
- struggle
- support
- unsusceptibility
- warding off
- watch
- withstanding
noun as in patrol
noun as in protection
Strong matches
noun as in renitence
Weak matches
- battle
- blocking
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- impedance
- impediment
- impeding
- intransigence
- obstruction
- opposition
- parrying
- protection
- rebuff
- refusal
- renitency
- retardation
- safeguard
- screen
- shield
- stand
- striking back
- struggle
- support
- warding off
- watch
- withstanding
noun as in renitency
Weak matches
- battle
- blocking
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- impedance
- impediment
- impeding
- intransigence
- obstruction
- opposition
- parrying
- protection
- rebuff
- refusal
- renitence
- retardation
- safeguard
- screen
- shield
- stand
- striking back
- struggle
- support
- warding off
- watch
- withstanding
noun as in resistance
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in safekeeping
Example Sentences
Adaptation is a major focus of the summit, particularly a funding shortfall to assist vulnerable nations in protecting their people from climate impacts, such as building coastal defences against rising seas.
So “by pausing, OPEC+ is protecting prices, projecting unity and buying time to see how sanctions play out on Russian barrels,” he said.
The ban "reflects the government's strong commitment to protecting young people from the harms of tobacco", the ministry said.
It also pointed to a 2025 study that found many home-hardening techniques play a much more significant role in protecting homes than defensible space.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement implemented a policy in the early days of the administration that upended decades-long standards aimed at protecting victims with pending applications for a class of visas known as survivor-based protections.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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