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Synonyms for shield
ʃildshield
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
shield
The weak may speak or act in defense of the strong; none but the powerful can assure others of protection. A defense is ordinarily against actual attack; protection is against possible as well as actual dangers. We speak of defense against an assault, protection from the cold. Vindication is a triumphant defense of character and conduct against charges of error or wrong. Compare APOLOGY.
Synonyms:
apology, bulwark, defense, fortress, guard, justification, protection, rampart, resistance, safeguard, shelter, vindicationAntonyms:
abandonment, betrayal, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrenderPreposition:
Defense against assault or assailants; in law, defense to an action, from the testimony.
Princeton's WordNet
shieldnoun
a protective covering or structure
shield, bucklernoun
armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
carapace, shell, cuticle, shieldverb
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
Synonyms:
casing, cuticle, racing shell, eggshell, case, shell, epidermis, buckler, carapace, scale, plateshield, screenverb
protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
Synonyms:
test, sieve, riddle, harbour, block out, sort, harbor, screen, screen outharbor, harbour, shieldverb
hold back a thought or feeling about
"She is harboring a grudge against him"
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#287 | case | |
#502 | test | |
#914 | protection | |
#923 | sort | |
#1049 | screen | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1777 | scale | |
#2141 | defense | |
#2157 | protect | |
#3157 | plate | |
#3541 | guard | |
#3616 | shell | |
#3656 | resistance | |
#4200 | nurse | |
#4329 | deck | |
#4776 | harbor | |
#6056 | saver | |
#6486 | shield | |
#6682 | shelter | |
#7466 | harbour | |
#8768 | badge | |
#8916 | armor | |
#10672 | justification | |
#11373 | protector | |
#12349 | shields | |
#14008 | entertain | |
#14339 | armour | |
#14680 | fortress | |
#15421 | safeguard | |
#17325 | apology | |
#19524 | dun | |
#19762 | riddle | |
#20282 | casing | |
#21437 | ecu | |
#23077 | shielded | |
#23804 | shielding | |
#28884 | sieve | |
#46218 | escudo | |
#46486 | epidermis | |
#50223 | cuticle | |
#54917 | rampart | |
#56537 | vindication | |
#70634 | buckler | |
#73669 | eggshell | |
#77590 | bulwark | |
#77637 | breastplate | |
#86787 | carapace |
How to use shield in a sentence?
Obviously, not everyone who shops at Urban Outfitters is a committed leftist. Simply by offering a few pro-Trump items, even if they’re outnumbered by anti-Trump items ten-to-one, would shield Urban Outfitters from criticism and potential boycotts, political campaigns come and go, but alienating large portions of the public can haunt you for decades.
Make no mistake, Joe Biden's war on American energy is to blame for the price of gas hitting record highs. Biden is using Russia's war in Ukraine as a shield for his Far-Left anti-energy agenda, instead of unleashing American energy dominance at home, the Biden administration is turning to other foreign dictators and Russia-aligned regimes to fill this need. We must unleash American energy dominance and no longer depend on our foreign adversaries for oil and gas. That is the only way America can reverse the historic gas prices hurting families across the country and ensure our energy and national security.
I tried to shield her from my past so that we could have a great future.
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
By doing so, it (the Privacy Shield) will be open to significant attacks by the public, and a court challenge is all but guaranteed.
Translations for shield
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- درعArabic
- štítCzech
- skjoldDanish
- schützenGerman
- ασπίδαGreek
- ŝildoEsperanto
- protegerSpanish
- سپرPersian
- kilpiFinnish
- bouclierFrench
- sciathIrish
- ढालHindi
- pajzsHungarian
- melindungiIndonesian
- scudoItalian
- מגןHebrew
- シールドJapanese
- 방패Korean
- arma,Latin
- schildDutch
- skjermeNorwegian
- tarczaPolish
- protegerPortuguese
- scutRomanian
- щитRussian
- skyddaSwedish
- கவசம்Tamil
- kalkanTurkish
- щитUkrainian
- ڈھالUrdu
- cái khiênVietnamese
- פאַרשטעלןYiddish
- 盾Chinese
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