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защита — meaning in English

zashtita

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English meaning

  • advocacy noun Public support for a cause, policy, or group of people.
  • bulwark noun A defensive wall or rampart.
  • defense noun The action of protecting someone or something from attack or harm.
  • palladium noun A silvery-white metallic chemical element (symbol Pd) used in jewellery, electronics, and catalytic converters.
  • pleading noun The act of making an urgent request or a legal argument.
  • protection noun The act of keeping someone or something safe, or the state of being safe.
  • rearguard noun The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force.
  • safeguard noun Something put in place to protect against harm or risk.
  • security noun The state of being safe from danger, harm, or threat.
  • shield noun A piece of protective armour carried in the hand or on the arm to block blows or weapons.
  • vindication noun Proof or evidence that clears someone of blame or confirms that they were right.

Senses

защита is used for these senses in English:

  • advocacy The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.
  • bulwark A defense or safeguard.
  • defense The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
  • palladium A safeguard.
  • protection The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
  • rearguard (soccer) The defence, collectively the defenders.
  • safeguard Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
  • security (countable) Something that secures.

bulwark — full definition

  1. noun A defensive wall or rampart.
  2. noun A defense or safeguard.
  3. noun A breakwater.
  4. noun The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.

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