protecting
(pro-tect-ing)
3 syllables
Definition
verb. keeping someone or something safe from harm.
Example Sentence
A jetty is protecting the frame of the pier.
More Example Sentences
Parents are protecting their children from danger.
Synonyms
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protecting
Rhymes
- affecting
- collecting
- connecting
- correcting
- defecting
- deflecting
- detecting
- directing
- dissecting
- effecting
- electing
- erecting
- expecting
- infecting
- injecting
- inspecting
- neglecting
- objecting
- perfecting
- projecting
- prospecting
- protecting
- reflecting
- rejecting
- respecting
- selecting
- subjecting
- suspecting
- disconnecting
- disrespecting
- intersecting
- recollecting
- reconnecting
- redirecting
- reelecting
- resurrecting
- unsuspecting