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PROTECTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Guarded from injury or destruction
Synonyms:
protected; saved
Classified under:
Similar:
preserved (kept intact or in a particular condition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss
Example:
the most protected spot I could find
Classified under:
Similar:
bastioned; fortified (secured with bastions or fortifications)
battlemented (protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through)
burglarproof (secure against burglary)
covert ((of a wife) being under the protection of her husband)
moated (protected by a deep wide ditch usually filled with water)
shielded ((used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury)
snug (offering safety; well protected or concealed)
stormproof (protected against or able to withstand storms)
weatherproof (able to withstand exposure to weather without damage)
Also:
secure (free from danger or risk)
invulnerable (immune to attack; impregnable)
Antonym:
unprotected (lacking protection or defense)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb protect
Context examples:
Nucleosomal repeat length is approximately 200 base pairs of DNA within which 146 base pairs are highly protected.
(Nucleosomal Repeat Length, NCI Thesaurus)
An international set of guidelines that helps make sure that the results of a clinical trial are reliable and that the patients are protected.
(GCP, NCI Dictionary)
However, mutant mice fed a diet rich in saturated fats and cholesterol were largely protected.
(Diet Affects Autoinflammatory Disease Via Gut Microbes, NIH)
It is protected by the bony cranium.
(Brain, NCI Thesaurus)
The researchers then directly blocked DUSP26 activity in human beta cells and found that this treatment protected the beta cells from death.
(New Potential Approach Found to Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
She was at liberty, she was busy, she was protected.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
They would rage around just outside the throwing-distance of the whip, while Lip-lip devoured the meat and Mit- sah protected him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
In mice, SAFit2 reduced stress hormone levels, promoted more active stress coping, was synergistic with antidepressants, protected against weight gain, helped normalize glucose levels and reduced pain in three animal models.
(Depression, Obesity, Chronic Pain Could be Treated by Targeting the Same Key Protein, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Moreover, when tested with human cells in a laboratory setting, the antibodies protected the cells from becoming infected with several different virulent ebolaviruses.
(Antibodies from Ebola survivor protect mice and ferrets against related viruses, NIH)
In a hollow of the rock, protected from rain, there was drawn a rough arrow in chalk, pointing still to the westwards.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
