protect
shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,819 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,883 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain
- use tariffs to favor domestic industry
protect in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Whatever I can do to protect you, and insure your safety, I shall do.’
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The government which had made the Negro a citizen found itself unable to protect him.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Tom saw a heavy iron bar at hand, and knew this would serve to protect him.
Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera · Victor Appleton · Chapter 1
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Your loyalty will secure you with the Tories, and my Whiggism will protect us with the other faction.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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The success of this freebooter shows that the Eastern emperors could no longer protect, or even assist, their islands.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1