| protection tribute | payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence, every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection |
| protection | the activity of protecting someone or something, the witnesses demanded police protection |
self-defense
self-defence
self-protection | the act of defending yourself |
| protection trade protection | the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition, he made trade protection a plank in the party platform |
auspices
protection aegis | kindly endorsement and guidance, the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council |
protective covering
protective cover
protection | a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury, they had no protection from the fallout, wax provided protection for the floors |
sun protection factor
SPF | the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun |
| equal protection of the laws | a right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment |
| territory | an area of knowledge or interest, his questions covered a lot of territory |
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA | an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment |
territorial
territorial reserve | a territorial military unit |
| Territorial Army | British unit of nonprofessional soldiers organized for the defense of Great Britain |
administrative district
administrative division
territorial division | a district defined for administrative purposes |
| territory soil | the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state, American troops were stationed on Japanese soil |
district
territory
territorial dominion
dominion | a region marked off for administrative or other purposes |
home range
home territory | the area in which an animal normally ranges |
trust territory
trusteeship | a dependent country, administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations |
Yukon
Yukon Territory | a territory in northwestern Canada, site of the Klondike gold rush in the s |
| Northern Territory | a territory in north central Australia |
| territorial waters | the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction |
| territorial | nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit |
| security protection | defense against financial failure, financial independence, his pension gave him security in his old age, insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness |
protection
shelter | the condition of being protected, they were huddled together for protection, he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home |
| territorial | belonging to the territory of any state or ruler, territorial rights |
| territorial | displaying territoriality, defending a territory from intruders, territorial behavior, strongly territorial birds |
| territorial | of or relating to a territory, the territorial government of the Virgin Islands, territorial claims made by a country |