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protect

/pɹəˈtɛkt/
verb
  1. To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

    "Condoms are designed to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases."

  2. (travel) To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

Synonymsbergh, beshield

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