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- defensive
collapse - an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
- intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; "defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance"
- attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
- serving as or appropriate for defending or protecting; "defensive fortifications"; "defensive dikes to protect against floods" related words >
- shielding
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- the act of shielding from harm
- a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay
- shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference related words >
- blanketing,
- cloaking,
- coating,
- covering,
- custodial,
- defending,
- defensive,
- enveloping,
- fostering,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- immunizing,
- parental,
- preventive,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- protective,
- safeguarding,
- screening,
- self-defensive,
- self-preservative,
- self-protective,
- sheathing,
- sheltering,
- shrouding,
- tutelary,
- veiling,
- vigilant,
- watchful,
- wrapping
- protective
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- intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs" related words >
- careful,
- conservational,
- conservationist,
- conservative,
- conservatory,
- conserving,
- covering,
- custodial,
- defending,
- defensive,
- fostering,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- heedful,
- immunizing,
- jealous,
- keeping,
- parental,
- possessive,
- preservative,
- preservatory,
- preserving,
- preventative,
- preventive,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- safeguarding,
- saving,
- screening,
- self-defensive,
- self-preservative,
- self-protective,
- sheltering,
- shielding,
- tutelary,
- vigilant,
- watchful
- care,
- charge,
- covering,
- custodial,
- custodianship,
- custody,
- defending,
- defensive,
- fostering,
- guardian,
- hold,
- immunizing,
- keep,
- keeping,
- parental,
- preventive,
- preventive custody,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- protection,
- protective,
- protective custody,
- safeguarding,
- safekeeping,
- screening,
- self-defensive,
- self-preservative,
- self-protective,
- sheltering,
- shielding,
- tutelary,
- vigilant,
- ward,
- watchful
- custodial
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- providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods" related words >
- Argus-eyed,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- aux aguets,
- covering,
- defensive,
- eagle-eyed,
- fostering,
- guarded,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- hawk-eyed,
- immunizing,
- keen-eyed,
- lidless,
- observant,
- on guard,
- on the lookout,
- on the watch,
- open-eyed,
- parental,
- preventive,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- protective,
- prudent,
- safeguarding,
- screening,
- sharp-eyed,
- sheltering,
- shielding,
- sleepless,
- tutelary,
- vigilant,
- wary,
- watchful,
- with open eyes
- parental
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- relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance"
- designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced related words >
- adoring,
- affectionate,
- ancestorial,
- ancestral,
- conjugal,
- covering,
- custodial,
- defensive,
- demonstrative,
- devoted,
- faithful,
- fatherlike,
- fatherly,
- filial,
- fond,
- fostering,
- grandfatherly,
- grandmotherly,
- grandparental,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- husbandly,
- immunizing,
- languishing,
- lovelorn,
- lovesick,
- lovesome,
- loving,
- maternal,
- melting,
- mother,
- motherlike,
- motherly,
- parent,
- paternal,
- patriarchal,
- preventive,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- protective,
- romantic,
- safeguarding,
- screening,
- sentimental,
- sheltering,
- shielding,
- soft,
- tender,
- tutelary,
- uxorious,
- vigilant,
- watchful,
- wifely
- ancestral spirits,
- angel,
- attendant godling,
- control,
- covering,
- custodial,
- daemon,
- defensive,
- demon,
- fairy godmother,
- familiar,
- familiar spirit,
- fostering,
- genius,
- genius domus,
- genius loci,
- good angel,
- good genius,
- guardian,
- guardian angel,
- guardian spirit,
- guarding,
- guide,
- household gods,
- immunizing,
- invisible helper,
- lares and penates,
- lares compitales,
- lares familiaris,
- lares permarini,
- lares praestites,
- lares viales,
- manes,
- ministering angel,
- numen,
- parental,
- penates,
- preventive,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- protective,
- safeguarding,
- screening,
- sheltering,
- shielding,
- special providence,
- totem,
- tutelar god,
- vigilant,
- watchful
- Argus-eyed,
- advertent,
- agog,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- assiduous,
- attentive,
- aux aguets,
- aware,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- circumspect,
- concentrated,
- conscious,
- covering,
- custodial,
- defensive,
- diligent,
- eagle-eyed,
- earnest,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fostering,
- guarded,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- hawk-eyed,
- heedful,
- immunizing,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- keen-eyed,
- lidless,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- nice,
- niggling,
- observant,
- observing,
- on guard,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- on the lookout,
- on the watch,
- open-eared,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- parental,
- preventive,
- prompt,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- protective,
- prudent,
- quick,
- ready,
- regardful,
- safeguarding,
- screening,
- sharp-eyed,
- sheltering,
- shielding,
- sleepless,
- tutelary,
- unsleeping,
- vigilant,
- wakeful,
- wary,
- wide-awake,
- with open eyes
- Argus-eyed,
- acute,
- agog,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- all ready,
- all set,
- armed,
- armed and ready,
- attentive,
- aux aguets,
- avid,
- booted and spurred,
- briefed,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- circumspect,
- coached,
- cocked,
- covering,
- custodial,
- defensive,
- eager,
- eagle-eyed,
- equipped,
- familiarized,
- fostering,
- good and ready,
- groomed,
- guarded,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- hawk-eyed,
- immunizing,
- in arms,
- in battle array,
- in readiness,
- in the saddle,
- informed,
- keen,
- keen-eyed,
- lidless,
- loaded,
- loaded for bear,
- mature,
- mobilized,
- observant,
- on guard,
- on the alert,
- on the lookout,
- on the mark,
- on the watch,
- open-eyed,
- parental,
- planned,
- prearranged,
- prepared,
- prepared and ready,
- prepped,
- preventive,
- primed,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- protective,
- provided,
- prudent,
- psyched up,
- ready,
- ready for anything,
- ripe,
- safeguarding,
- screening,
- set,
- sharp,
- sharp-eyed,
- sheltering,
- shielding,
- sleepless,
- tutelary,
- unsleeping,
- up in arms,
- wakeful,
- wary,
- watchful,
- well-prepared,
- wide-awake,
- with open eyes
- MC,
- air warden,
- ancestral spirits,
- angel,
- attendant,
- attendant godling,
- attorney,
- bailiff,
- bull,
- butler,
- caretaker,
- castellan,
- cerberus,
- champion,
- commandant,
- conservator,
- control,
- covering,
- croupier,
- curator,
- custodial,
- custodian,
- custos,
- daemon,
- defender,
- defensive,
- demon,
- emcee,
- factor,
- fairy godmother,
- familiar,
- familiar spirit,
- forest ranger,
- fostering,
- game warden,
- gamekeeper,
- gaoler,
- genius,
- genius domus,
- genius loci,
- good angel,
- good genius,
- governor,
- guard,
- guardian angel,
- guardian spirit,
- guarding,
- guide,
- household gods,
- housekeeper,
- immunizing,
- invisible helper,
- jailer,
- janitor,
- keeper,
- landreeve,
- lares and penates,
- lares compitales,
- lares familiaris,
- lares permarini,
- lares praestites,
- lares viales,
- librarian,
- lifeguard,
- lifesaver,
- majordomo,
- manes,
- master of ceremonies,
- ministering angel,
- next friend,
- numen,
- paladin,
- parental,
- penates,
- preserver,
- preventive,
- principal keeper,
- prison guard,
- prochein ami,
- proctor,
- procurator,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- protective,
- protector,
- ranger,
- safeguarding,
- screening,
- screw,
- seneschal,
- sheltering,
- shepherd,
- shielding,
- special providence,
- steward,
- totem,
- trustee,
- turnkey,
- tutelar god,
- tutelary,
- vigilant,
- warden,
- warder,
- watchdog,
- watchful
- IUD,
- aegis,
- antacid,
- antidote,
- antiseptic,
- arm guard,
- aseptic,
- backstop,
- bag,
- birth control device,
- boiled,
- buffer,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- condom,
- contraceptive,
- contraceptive foam,
- copyright,
- counteractant,
- counteractive,
- counteragent,
- counterirritant,
- covering,
- crash helmet,
- cushion,
- custodial,
- dashboard,
- decontaminated,
- defensive,
- deterrent,
- deterring,
- diaphragm,
- discouraging,
- disinfected,
- dodger,
- face mask,
- fender,
- finger guard,
- foot guard,
- forbidding,
- forestalling,
- fostering,
- fuse,
- goggles,
- governor,
- guard,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- guardrail,
- hand guard,
- handrail,
- hard hat,
- helmet,
- hygienic,
- immunizing,
- insulation,
- interlock,
- intrauterine device,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
- laminated glass,
- life preserver,
- lifeline,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- mask,
- mudguard,
- neutralizer,
- nose guard,
- nullifier,
- offset,
- oral contraceptive,
- pad,
- padding,
- palladium,
- parental,
- pasteurized,
- patent,
- pessary,
- pilot,
- preclusive,
- preventative,
- preventive,
- prohibitive,
- protecting,
- protective,
- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- remedy,
- rubber,
- safeguard,
- safeguarding,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- sanitary,
- screen,
- screening,
- seat belt,
- sheltering,
- shield,
- shielding,
- shin guard,
- skin,
- spermicidal jelly,
- spermicide,
- sterile,
- sterilized,
- sun helmet,
- the pill,
- tutelary,
- umbrella,
- uninfected,
- vigilant,
- watchful,
- windscreen,
- windshield
- preventive
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- remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
- preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
- tending to prevent or hinder related words >
- aegis,
- antacid,
- anticipative,
- anticipatory,
- antidote,
- arm guard,
- backstop,
- barrier,
- block,
- buffer,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- contraceptive,
- copyright,
- counteractant,
- counteractive,
- counteragent,
- counterirritant,
- countermeasure,
- covering,
- crash helmet,
- curb,
- cushion,
- custodial,
- dashboard,
- defensive,
- deterrent,
- deterring,
- discouraging,
- dodger,
- ethnocentric,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive,
- exclusory,
- face mask,
- fender,
- finger guard,
- foot guard,
- forbidding,
- forestalling,
- fostering,
- fuse,
- goggles,
- governor,
- guard,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- guardrail,
- hampering,
- hand guard,
- handrail,
- hard hat,
- helmet,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- immunizing,
- impediment,
- impeding,
- inadmissible,
- inhibiting,
- inhibition,
- inhibitive,
- inhibitory,
- inoculant,
- inoculum,
- insular,
- insulation,
- interdictive,
- interdictory,
- interlock,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
- laminated glass,
- life preserver,
- lifeline,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- mask,
- mudguard,
- narrow,
- neutralizer,
- nose guard,
- nullifier,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- offset,
- pad,
- padding,
- palladium,
- parental,
- parochial,
- patent,
- pilot,
- precautionary,
- preclusive,
- prescriptive,
- preventative,
- prevention,
- prohibiting,
- prohibitive,
- prohibitory,
- prophylactic,
- proscriptive,
- protecting,
- protection,
- protective,
- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- remedy,
- repressive,
- restraining,
- restrictive,
- safeguard,
- safeguarding,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- screen,
- screening,
- seat belt,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- separative,
- serum,
- sheltering,
- shield,
- shielding,
- shin guard,
- snobbish,
- sun helmet,
- suppressive,
- tutelary,
- umbrella,
- vaccine,
- vigilant,
- watchful,
- windscreen,
- windshield,
- xenophobic
- covering
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- the act of protecting something by covering it
- an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
- a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" related words >
- assimilating,
- bigness,
- blanket,
- blanketing,
- border,
- brooding,
- burial,
- burying,
- calcimining,
- circumference,
- cloak,
- cloaking,
- clouding,
- coat,
- coating,
- collop,
- comprising,
- concealedness,
- concealing,
- concealment,
- containing,
- cortex,
- counting,
- cover,
- coverage,
- covering up,
- covert,
- covertness,
- coverture,
- cowl,
- cowling,
- crust,
- curtain,
- curtaining,
- custodial,
- cut,
- darkening,
- deal,
- deception,
- defensive,
- disk,
- drape,
- drapery,
- embracing,
- enameling,
- encircling,
- enclosing,
- encompassing,
- envelope,
- enveloping,
- envisaging,
- epidermis,
- exterior,
- external,
- facade,
- face,
- facet,
- feuille,
- film,
- flap,
- foil,
- fold,
- fostering,
- fresco,
- fringe,
- front,
- gestation,
- gilding,
- glazing,
- glossing,
- gravidity,
- gravidness,
- greatness,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- guise,
- hanging,
- heaviness,
- hiddenness,
- hiding,
- hood,
- housing,
- immunizing,
- including,
- inclusive,
- incorporating,
- incubation,
- integument,
- interment,
- invisibility,
- japanning,
- lamella,
- lamina,
- laminated glass,
- laminated wood,
- lap,
- leaf,
- lineaments,
- mantle,
- mask,
- masking,
- membrane,
- mystification,
- nonrevealing,
- numbering,
- obscuration,
- obscurement,
- obscuring,
- occultation,
- outer face,
- outer layer,
- outer side,
- outer skin,
- outline,
- outside,
- painting,
- pall,
- pane,
- panel,
- parental,
- patina,
- peel,
- pellicle,
- periphery,
- plait,
- plank,
- plate,
- plating,
- ply,
- plywood,
- pregnancy,
- preventive,
- priming,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- protective,
- putting away,
- rasher,
- rind,
- safeguarding,
- safety glass,
- screen,
- screening,
- scum,
- secrecy,
- secretion,
- shading,
- sheathing,
- sheet,
- shell,
- shellacking,
- shelter,
- sheltering,
- shield,
- shielding,
- shroud,
- shrouding,
- sitting,
- skin,
- slab,
- slat,
- slice,
- staining,
- stippling,
- subterfuge,
- superficies,
- superstratum,
- surface,
- table,
- tablet,
- the family way,
- top,
- tutelary,
- uncommunicativeness,
- undercoating,
- undisclosing,
- unrevealing,
- varnishing,
- veil,
- veiling,
- veneer,
- vestment,
- vigilant,
- wafer,
- watchful,
- whitewashing,
- wrapping
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