Protecting

verb

/pɹəˈtɛktɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 9.0

Definitions

1.verbTo keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

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

2.verb(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.

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