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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
For 20 minutes, Reid made one believe in a city worth protecting.
“I’m protecting myself by not letting myself care too much.”
"Our work demonstrates that protecting wild pollinators requires a fundamental rethinking of how we assess pesticide safety," Dr. Rondeau concludes.
The authors stress the importance of protecting and maintaining natural carbon sinks while accepting that doing so cannot compensate for ongoing fossil fuel use.
There James Madison argued that the separation of powers among the president, the Congress, and the Supreme Court would be essential in protecting the liberty of Americans.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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