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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 items were carefully wrapped to protect them from damage during shipping.
Tax whistle-blower legislation needs to do more than just protect the individual.
When electoral reform was an issue it worked to protect its base in rural England.
Whenever we do business with those guys, we lawyer up to protect ourselves.
The museum is kept at a uniform temperature to protect the artifacts.
The high taxes on imported goods are intended to protect domestic producers.

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