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S: (n) precaution, safeguard, guard (a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.) "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"

S: (n) safe-conduct, safeguard (a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war)

S: (v) protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage) "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"

S: (v) cover for (provide an excuse or alibi for someone so as to cover up guilt) "I won't lie and cover for you"
S: (v) immunize, immunise (law: grant immunity from prosecution)
S: (v) overprotect (protect excessively) "Don't overprotect your son--he is an adult now!"
S: (v) look out (to protect someone's interests) "A man's gotta look out for his family"
S: (v) cover (hold within range of an aimed firearm)
S: (v) guard, ward (watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect) "guard my possessions while I'm away"

S: (v) defend, guard, hold (protect against a challenge or attack) "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"
S: (v) shield, screen (protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm)
S: (v) charm (protect through supernatural powers or charms)
S: (v) wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround (surround with a wall in order to fortify)

S: (v) stockade (surround with a stockade in order to fortify)
S: (v) circumvallate (surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification)

S: (v) safeguard (make safe)
S: (v) cover (protect or defend (a position in a game)) "he covered left field"

S: (v) cover (be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game)
S: (v) mothproof (protect from moths) "mothproof woollen clothes during the summer"
S: (v) body guard (accompany and protect from physical harm)
S: (v) insure (take out insurance for)

S: (v) reinsure (insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed)
S: (v) reinsure (provide additional insurance for)
S: (v) coinsure (take out coinsurance)

S: (v) cover (to take an action to protect against future problems) "Count the cash in the drawer twice just to cover yourself"
S: (v) keep, preserve (maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger) "May God keep you"

S: (v) prevent, keep (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state) "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"

W: (adj) protective [Related to: protect] (intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind) "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs"
W: (n) protection [Related to: protect] (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury) "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
W: (n) protection [Related to: protect] (the activity of protecting someone or something) "the witnesses demanded police protection"
W: (n) protector [Related to: protect] (a person who cares for persons or property)