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Definition of: protective

(prə·tektiv) adjective
1. Affording or suitable for protection; sheltering; defensive; specifically, in political economy, insuring or intended to insure protection to home industries: a protective tariff.
2. Providing or alleging to provide protection: protective custody.
noun Something that protects; specifically, an aseptic covering for a wound.

—pro·tec′tive·ly
adverb
—protec′tive·ness
noun

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"protective" has the frequency of use of 0.0008% on city-data.com forum

"protective" has the frequency of use of 0.0009% on en.wikipedia.org.

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