To be protective is to have a strong desire to keep someone safe. Sometimes people use the word to describe the feeling of being jealous or protective of someone.
He was very protective of her, even going so far as to attack the other man.
She was very protective of her home, always locking the doors and windows.
noun
a feeling of protective affection
noun
the quality of providing protection
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The Germans took care to protect the secrecy of their undercover activities.
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Is this the intention of the protection
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That is the reason of the protection.
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They are there to protect the unwary.
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It is protecting the health of the sleeper.
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It protects the purity of the teaching.
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Parents protect their children.
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She is protected by the faun.
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That is the cause of the protection of the site
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The area is environmentally protected.