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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 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 items were carefully wrapped to protect them from damage during shipping.
Concrete barriers surround the race track to protect spectators.
The high taxes on imported goods are intended to protect domestic producers.

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