Beat and Protect

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Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.

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Protect is an antonym for beat in topics: defeat, forge, throb, mix, injure by striking.

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Beat is an antonym for protect.

girl	beat girl	protect girl
man	beat man	protect man
people	beat people	protect people
wife	beat wife	protect wife
Other words: children, someone, rest, time, way, king, mother, father, anyone, everyone, son, kids.

Iron Man 3 initially seems like a simple case of 'beat the bad guys to protect her, with Tony Stark is building new armors in order to protect Pepper Potts.

Source: Declaration of Protection
He also fails to protect Serah, who dies in his arms right after they beat Caius.

Source: Failure Knight
He started doing it to protect himself from Prison Rape by making a bet with the other convicts that he could always beat the scores of the televised contestants.

Source: "Jeopardy!" Intelligence Test

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