shield and protect
SHEELD and pro-TEKT
ʃiːld ænd prəˈtɛktListen
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to actively defend and safeguard a person, group, or value from harm, threat, or attack; the pairing of shield and protect draws on both the physical image of the defensive weapon and the more abstract concept of protective duty; it is used in legal, security, diplomatic, and personal contexts to describe the dual function of deflecting incoming harm and maintaining the safety of what is valued; the phrase has a pledging or protective quality often found in oaths, mandates, and declarations of obligation to those in one's care
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