Antonyms for protect
prəˈtɛktpro·tect

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1. protect

   To cherish is both to hold dear and to treat as dear. Mere unexpressed esteem would not be cherishing. In the marriage vow, "to love, honor, and cherish," the word cherish implies all that each can do by love and tenderness for the welfare and happiness of the other, as by support, protection, care in sickness, comfort in sorrow, sympathy, and help of every kind. To nurse is to tend the helpless or feeble, as infants, or the sick or wounded. To nourish is strictly to sustain and build up by food; to nurture includes careful mental and spiritual training, with something of love and tenderness; to foster is simply to maintain and care for, to bring up; a foster-child will be nourished, but may not be as tenderly nurtured or as lovingly cherished as if one's own. In the figurative sense, the opinion one cherishes he holds, not with mere cold conviction, but with loving devotion.

   See synonyms for ABANDON; CHASTEN.

   Synonyms:
   cheer, cherish, cling to, comfort, encourage, entertain, foster, harbor, hold dear, nourish, nurse, nurture, shelter, treasure, value

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1. protect

   Antonyms:
   betray, endanger, imperil, abandon, expose

   Synonyms:
   defend, fortify, guard, shield, preserve, cover, secure, save, vindicate

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1. • Assist
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   • Trade

Princeton's WordNet

1. protectverb

   shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

   "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"

2. protectverb

   use tariffs to favor domestic industry

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1. protectverb

   Synonyms:
   shield, defend, guard, fortify, screen, shelter, befriend

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. annihilate

   we had to protect the vase.

   Submitted by rinat on October 3, 2019  

2. lynch

   Submitted by anonymous on March 3, 2020  

How to use protect in a sentence?

1. Thomas Frieden:

   There are lots of people who have not yet gotten an opiate and we need to protect them from the risk of getting addicted.

2. Zapatero Osorio:

   The planet in the habitable zone may have an atmosphere that could protect and support life.

3. Prime Minister Scott Morrison:

   We will be seeking the cooperation and support of Australians to download the app to help our health workers, to protect our community and help get our economy going again.

4. Democrat Stacy Efrat:

   If we really cared about life then why aren't we trying to make healthcare affordable and accessible for everyone? if life is really the most important, then why aren't those people pushing for the abortion ban also trying to protect life after birth?

5. Lyle Horsley:

   I don't trust the schedule, wet coal? Really? In all this time they haven't figured out how to protect the coal?

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