Protect
Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Trick
Trick verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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By the time Spidey uses the trick again, Electro had already figured out a way to create a barrier to protect himself.
Source: Film / The Amazing Spider-Man 2 -
The only thing Willow can think of is to try and protect Elora using the same sleight-of-hand trick that he failed at in the beginning of the film.
Source: Film / Willow -
The sheep-stealing trick means farmers have to shoot them to protect their flocks, so wedgies are currently just the wrong side of endangered.
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