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Protected   /prətˈɛktəd/  /prətˈɛktɪd/  /pərtˈɛktɪd/   Listen
Protected

adjective
1.
Kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss.
2.
Guarded from injury or destruction.  Synonym: saved.


Protect

verb
(past & past part. protected; pres. part. protecting)
1.
Shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage.
2.
Use tariffs to favor domestic industry.



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"Protected" Quotes from Famous Books



... been falling since early evening had changed to a lugubrious drizzle. A wave of consternation invaded the vestibule for those who had not come in carriages, or whose carriages had not arrived. Tempers were lost; women, cloaked to the ears, their heads protected only by fichus or mantillas, quarrelled with husbands or cousins or brothers over the question of umbrellas. The vestibules were crowded to suffocation, and the aigrettes nodded and swayed again in alternate gusts, now of moist, chill atmosphere from without, and now of stale, hot air that ...
— The Pit • Frank Norris
... exclaimed Gianbattista in disgust. "I thought the law protected Lucia from her father. You said so last night, and ...
— Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster • F. Marion Crawford
... save what will lead more to thine own honour;—the saints who have protected me thus far, will lend me succour as I need it. Tread the path of glory that is before thee, and only think of me as the creature on earth who will be most delighted to hear of thy fame.—Follow the stranger—he hath tidings for you that you ...
— The Abbot • Sir Walter Scott
... consisting of ten fragments scattered up and down Ross-shire; the county town, the birthplace of Hugh Miller, being on the N. side of Cromarty Firth, which opens eastward into the Moray Firth, and forms a large harbour 1 m. long and 7 broad, protected at the mouth by two beetling rocks called Sutors, one on each side, 400 ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood
... would be busy; and lay up in store For the days of the winter when cold showers pour, And the wild wintry breezes sweep flowers away, While the sun sets in gloom o'er the dim-shadowed day; But I'm a poor bluebottle, spoken of ill; Whilst you are protected, all bear me ill-will; And if I escape from each murderous blow, The first cutting frost ...
— Featherland - How the Birds lived at Greenlawn • George Manville Fenn


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