Collocations for "protection"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "protection" in context.
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protection
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [civil, civilian, patient] protection
- [data, personal information, identity, purchase] protection
- is under the protection of
- is under police protection
- [asked for, requested, insisted on] police protection
- the protection of [minors, informers, whistleblowers, data]
- under the protection of the [law, constitution]
- the protection of your [rights, privacy, beliefs]
- the protection of [Earth, the water, the environment]
- protection against [viruses, radiation]
- still under copyright protection
- the equal protection (of)
- birth-control protection
- did you use protection?
- had sex without protection
- what kind of protection did you use?
- forgot (to use) protection
- wore [boots, a raincoat, gloves] as protection
- data protection [laws, measures]
- purchase protection [guarantees, certificates, software]
- [insert, write] a protection clause
- [file, home] protection systems
- criminals running protection rackets
- data-protection [laws, measures]
- purchase protection [guarantees, certificates, software]
- [insert, write] a protection clause
- [file, home] protection systems
- criminals running protection rackets
'protection' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accident
- adequate
- afford
- asset
- association
- border
- breach
- buyer
- clause
- coat
- contribution
- copyright
- countryside
- crop
- data
- depletion
- dismissal
- dolphin
- employer
- environmental
- extra
- eye
- fire
- flourish
- forestry
- forgery
- fraud
- frost
- hat
- imprint
- intercourse
- layer
- lens
- lightning
- lining
- machine
- mask
- minister
- minor
- mob
- national
- nature
- oil
- overdraft
- overload
- override
- password
- patent
- provide
- racket