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Protect

/prəˈtɛkt/
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(verb) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

In the days of the knights, they wore shields to protect themselves from sword-fight wounds.
Sunglasses protect our eyes from the sun.
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The government introduced new laws to ____ consumers from misleading advertising practices.

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