🛡️safeguard

Meaning

To protect from harm or damage; a measure taken to ensure safety.

measure or action designed to protect someone or something

Example Sentences

Laws exist to safeguard the rights of children.

New safeguards were implemented to prevent data breaches.

Synonyms

protect, defend, preserve, shield, protection, defense, security

Entry 1

protect, defend, preserve, shield

Entry 2

protection, shield, defense, security

Antonyms

endanger, harm, attack, threat, danger, vulnerability, risk

Entry 1

endanger, harm, attack

Entry 2

threat, danger, vulnerability, risk

Collocations

safeguard rights, safeguard interests, safeguard against, safeguard measures, security safeguards, legal safeguards, environmental safeguards

Entry 1

safeguard rights, safeguard interests, safeguard against, safeguard measures

Entry 2

security safeguards, legal safeguards, environmental safeguards