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What does protect mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word protect? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
  2. (travel, aviation) to book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.
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The government tells us we can protect against a chemical attack by duct taping the windows.
The museum is kept at a uniform temperature to protect the artifacts.
She has proposed a new law to protect people from being evicted unfairly.
Whenever we do business with those guys, we lawyer up to protect ourselves.
The fabric will fade unless you protect it from the sunlight.
When electoral reform was an issue it worked to protect its base in rural England.

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