| protect | (verb) shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage | - |
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| (verb) use tariffs to favor domestic industry | - |
| protest | (verb) utter words of protest | - |
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| (verb) affirm or avow formally or solemnly | - |
| (verb) express opposition through action or words | Synonyms: dissent, resist |
| protract | (verb) lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer | Synonyms: draw out, extend, prolong |
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| protrude | (verb) swell or protrude outwards | Synonyms: bulge, pouch |
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| (verb) bulge outward | Synonyms: bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, start |
| (verb) extend out or project in space | Synonyms: jut, jut out, project, stick out |
| protuberate | (verb) form a rounded prominence | - |
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| (verb) cause to bulge out or project | - |