safeguard
IPA: sˈeɪfgɑrd
noun
- Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
- One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection.
- A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.
- (obsolete) The monitor lizard.
verb
- To protect, to keep safe.
- (UK, Ireland, by extension) To implement safeguarding.
- To escort safely.
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Examples of "safeguard" in Sentences
- People bought locks to safeguard their houses.
- Each member of the college will be safeguarded.
- The USAF purchased the land to safeguard themselves.
- He advocated safeguards to protect the national patrimony.
- The reason for this is to safeguard the children, of course.
- No secret ballot safeguarded the independence of the voters.
- A junior clerk slept on the trapdoor to safeguard the valuables.
- This is to safeguard the political impartiality of the commission.
- The State must safeguard the environment and wildlife of the country.
- But the main purpose of federalism is to safeguard the nation's freedom.
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