Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
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: (v) protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage) "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"
S: (v) ward off (avert, turn away, or repel) "Ward off danger"
S: (v) check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back (hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of) "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
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"